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Ajmer is
located in a picturesque valley surrounded by the hills of the Aravalli
range. The strategic position of this city has led to its long and
turbulent history. It was founded by Raja Ajai Pal Chauhan in the 7th
century A.D, and the Chauhans ruled there till 1193 when Prithviraj
Chauhan lost it to Mohammad Ghori.
The romantic saga of the valiant Prithviraj, immortalized by the poet
Chand Bardai in his famous work, Prithviraj-raso, has seeped into the
folklore of the region. The Chauhan king was a bitter enemy of Jai Chand
of Kanauj. But he was also passionately in love with his enemy's daughter,
Sanyogita. Jai Chand had placed a statue of Prithviraj Chauhan at the door
of his palace, as a mocking insult to his dreaded foe. But Sanyogita
confounded her father, when she garlanded the statue during her swayamvara
ceremony. The ceremony, where she had to choose her husband by garlanding
the man of her choice from all the assembled suitors like a flash of
lightning, Prithviraj appeared and swept away his princess to his palace
and into his heart.
After Prithviraj Chauhan lost Ajmer to Mohammad Ghori, it passed into the
Delhi Sultanate. In the following centuries, Ajmer was witness to many
battles,as the Rajputs, Mughals and Marathas vied to possess it. After the
Mughals, Ajmer returned to the House of Jodhpur and later to the Marathas.
The British annexed it, in 1818 A.D and brought it under their direct
rule. Even the first contacts between the Mughals and the British occurred
in Ajmer when Sir Thomas Roe met with Emperor Jehangir here in 1616. The
British selected Ajmer as the site for Mayo College, a school opened in
1875 exclusively for Indian princes. Other Monuments which stand as
reminders of Ajmer's colonial past are the Edward Memorial Hall, Ajmer
Club and Jubilee Clock Tower.
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