Halar
Sign in to saveHalar (Haalaar) 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 peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present Jamnagar District, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Morbi District and Rajkot District.
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Princely States in Halar region
- Bibliography
- See also
- References
Halar (Haalaar) 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 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 km2 and a population of 764,992 inhabitants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Halar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations