Jaipur, Nov 23, 2025

Mayo College in Ajmer, called as Eton of the East, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. The College opened in 1875 with Maharaja Mangal Singh of Alwar as its first student.

Surprisingly, Singh entered the school premises with a royal cavalcade on a caparisoned elephant with a procession of trumpeters, bearers, camels, and aides on horseback and had a team of 500 servants, 12 elephants, and 600 horses.

In fact, besides Alwar, princes from different Rajputana kingdoms came and built lavish buildings during their stay as students here, which still can be seen standing tall, speaking stories of mighty might of India in those times. Basically, it was in 1869, when Lt. Col. F.K.M. Walter proposed establishing a special institution for the all-round education of

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