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Halar is a historical region of western India, located by the Gulf of Kutch coast on the northwestern area of Nawanagar, now Jamnagar, in Gujarat State, on Saurashtra pensinsula, roughly corresponding to the present Jamnagar District and Rajkot District.
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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, in 1540.
During the British Raj Halar region was the western of the four prants or historical districts of Kathiawar, belonging to the Bombay Presidency, the others being Gohelwar (southeast), Jhalavad (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 Rajputs.
Its salute states were :
Its major non-salute states (mostly minor, usually several village) included :
Other non-salute state, granted no class, were :