Lake Foy Sagar

Lake Foy Sagar on a sunny evening

Lake Foy Sagar is an artificial lake situated near Ajmer in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is named after the engineer Mr. Foy, an Englishman, who created it under a famine relief project in 1892. He created it to tackle with harshest conditions of famine under a famine relief project. It appears flat, and offers views of the neighboring Aravalli mountains. The lake is among the tourist spots of the city.

At the time when the lake was constructed, the city of Ajmer was known as Ajmere, as can be noticed from the inscription installed at the lake. Its original capacity is 15 million cubic feet, and the water is spread over 14,000,000 square feet (1,300,000 m²).

Inscription installed at Lake Foy Sagar

Hydrography of Rajasthan

Rivers	Ahar Arvari Banas Bandi Berach Chambal Dai Dheel Gambhir Ghaggar-Hakra Gomati Guhiya Jawai Kali Sindh Kalisil Kothari Luni Mahi Mej Menali Mithari Morel Parbati Sabarmati Sukali Sukri West Banas

Lakes	Ana Sagar Lake Balsamand Lake Dhebar Lake Fateh Sagar Lake Lake Foy Sagar Kaylana Lake Nakki Lake Pachpadra Lake Lake Pichola Pushkar Lake Rajsamand Lake Ramgarh Lake Sambhar Salt Lake Talwara Lake Udaisagar Lake

Dams	Bisalpur Jakham Jawahar Sagar Jawai Kota Barrage Rana Pratap Sagar Ummed Sagar

Canals	Agra Canal Ganges Canal (Rajasthan) Indira Gandhi Canal

Hydrography of surrounding areas	Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Haryana Punjab, India Pakistan

Coordinates: 26°27′N 74°35′E / 26.450°N 74.583°E / 26.450; 74.583

List of Lake in India

List of lakes in India

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