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'''Halar''' (Haalaar) is a [[historical region]] of western [[India]], located by the [[Gulf of Kutch]] coast on the northwestern area of [[Jamnagar|Nawanagar]], now Jamnagar, in [[Gujarat]] State, on [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present [[Jamnagar District]], [[Devbhumi Dwarka district]], [[Morbi District]] and [[Rajkot District]].

In 1901 it had an area of 19,365 km<sup>2</sup> 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 [[Jam Rawal|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 [[Jam Rawal|Rawalji Lakhaji]], a [[Jadeja]] [[Rajput]], in 1540.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/jadejaorigins/home/history|title=Jadeja History – Jadeja Rajputs|access-date=12 November 2016|archive-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022105512/https://sites.google.com/site/jadejaorigins/home/history|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During the [[British Raj]] Halar region was the western of the four ''[[prant]]s'' or historical districts of [[Kathiawar]], belonging to the [[Bombay Presidency]], the others being [[Gohelwar]] (southeast), [[Jhalawar prant|Jhalawar]] ''[[prant]]''(north) and [[Saurashtra (region)|Sorath]] (southwest).

== Princely States in Halar region ==
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At that time the region included numerous [[princely state]]s belonging to the [[Kathiawar Agency]], mostly ruled by [[Jadeja]] [[Rajputs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_015.gif|title=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 13, page 9 — Imperial Gazetteer of India — Digital South Asia Library|access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>

Its [[salute states]] were :
* First Class states :
** [[Nawanagar State|Nawanagar]], title Maharaja Jam Sahib, Hereditary salute of 15-guns (19-guns locally)
** [[Gondal State|Gondal]], title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns
** [[Morvi State|Morvi]], title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns
* Second Class states :
** [[Dhrol State|Dhrol]], title Thakore Sahib, Hereditary salute of 9-guns
** [[Rajkot State|Rajkot]], 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-Kherdi State|Virpur]]
* Fifth Class states : Gavridad, [[Jalia Devani]], [[Kotharia, Rajkot|Kotharia]], [[Rajpara State (Halar)|Rajpara]], Mengni, [[Pal State|Pal]]
* 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, Gujarat|Amran]], [[Kanpar Ishwaria]], [[Mulila Deri]], Satodad Vavdi, Sisang Chandli,
* single village, petty states : [[Bhalgam Baldhoi]], Kansiali, [[Kotda Nayani]], [[Makaji Meghpar]],<ref>{{cite conference|url=http://www.sasnet.lu.se/EASASpapers/23McLeod.pdf |first=John |last=Mcleod |title=The Rise and Fall of the Kutch Bhayati |publisher=Eighteenth European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, University of Lund |date=6–9 July 2004 |page=5 |access-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307204736/http://www.sasnet.lu.se/EASASpapers/23McLeod.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2012 }}</ref> [[Virvao]].

== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmrUykZPLpoC&q=ahir&pg=PA293 | title=Târikh-i-Soraṭh: A History of the Provinces of Soraṭh and Hâlâr| year=1882}}

== See also ==
* [[Kathiawar Peninsula]]
* [[Ranchhodji Diwan]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}


[[Category:Historical regions in India]]
[[Category:Regions of Gujarat]]

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TeresitaPennell at 18:56, 1 March 2026