Halar (Haalaar) is a

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of western

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, located by the

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coast on the northwestern area of Nawanagar, now Jamnagar, in

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State, on Saurashtra peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present

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, Morbi District and

Rajkot District Rajkot district is one of the 33 districts of the Indian state of Gujarat. Located in Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra peninsula, Rajkot city is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is the third-most advanced and the fourth-most po ...

. In 1901 it had an area of 19,365 km² and a population of 764,992 inhabitants.

History

The name is derived from Jam Sri Halaji Jadeja who is supposed to be the 9th-generation grandfather of Jam Sri Rawalji Lakhaji Jadeja (who is the founder of the region and the first king to reign in the region); Halar was first established with this name by Jam Shri Rawalji Lakhaji, a Jadeja

Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

, in 1540. During the

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Halar region was the western of the four ''

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s'' or historical districts of

Kathiawar Kathiawar (), also known as Saurashtra, is a peninsula in the south-western Gujarat state in India, bordering the Arabian Sea and covering about . It is bounded by the Kutch district in the north, the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest, and by the ...

, belonging to the Bombay Presidency, the others being Gohelwar (southeast), Jhalawar ''

''(north) and Sorath (southwest).

Princely States in Halar region

At that time the region included numerous princely states belonging to the Kathiawar Agency, mostly ruled by Jadeja

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. Its salute states were : * First Class states : ** Nawanagar, title Maharaja Jam Sahib, Hereditary salute of 15-guns (19-guns locally) ** Gondal, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns ** Morvi, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns * Second Class states : ** Dhrol, title Thakore Sahib, Hereditary salute of 9-guns **

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, title Thakore Sahib, Hereditary salute of 9-guns Its major non-salute states (mostly minor, usually several village) included : * Fourth Class states : Kotda Sangani, Malia, Virpur * Fifth Class states : Gavridad, Jalia Devani, Kotharia, Rajpara, Mengni,

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* Sixth Class states : Bhadva. * Seventh Class states : Khirasra, Lodhika Other non-salute state, granted no class, were : * multiple villages, yet mostly minor except the first : DHRAFA State (known as DHRAFA 24C , means 24 villages under Dhrafa's rule) Amran, Kanpar Ishwaria,

Mulila Deri Mulila Deri (or Mulia Deri or Muliaderi) is a town and former Rajput non-salute princely state in Gujarat, western India. History Mulila Deri was a minor princely state, also comprising six other villages, in the Halar ''prant'' of Kathiawa ...

, Satodad Vavdi, Sisang Chandli, * single village, petty states : Bhalgam Baldhoi, Kansiali, Kotda Nayani, Makaji Meghpar, Virvao.

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{{reflist Historical Indian regions Regions of Gujarat

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