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[edit] Nasirabad Town, Rajputana, 1908

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Town and cantonment in Ajmer-Merwara, Rajputana, situated in 26° 18 N. and 74 degree 43" E., on a bleak, open plain, sloping eastward from the Aravalli Hills. Population (1901) of canton- ment, 2,454; of town, 20,040; total, 22,494. Hindus numbered 14,283, Muhammadans 7,059, Christians 757, and Jains 354. The area of the town and cantonment is 8-5 square miles. The military station, which was laid out in 18 18 by Sir David Ochterlony, is over a mile in length and has upon its outskirts the native town. Lines exist for a battery of field artillery, a regiment of British infantry, a regiment of Native infantry, and a squadron of Native cavalry. Nasirabad is in the Mhow division of the Western Command. The drainage is good, but the water is brackish and insufificient in quantity. The two Bengal Infantry regiments and a native battery at Nasirabad mutinied on May 28, 1857, and marched away to Delhi without attempting to attack Ajmer. The Bombay cavalry regiment protected the British residents and remained loyal throughout. Nasirabad is a station on the Malwa line of the Rajputana-Malwa State Railway. The United Free Church of Scotland has a mission establishment here, and maintains a hospital. Local affairs are managed by a cantonment committee. The town possesses a hydraulic press.