Idar Town

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Idar Town

Formerly the capital of the State of Idar, in the Mahi Kantha Agency, Bombay, situated in 23° 50 N. and 73° \ E., 64 miles north-east of Ahmadabad. The town is traditionally known as Ildurg. Population (1901), 7,085. Idar is surrounded by a brick wall in fair preservation, through which a road passes by a stone gateway, marked with many red hands each recording a victim to the rite of sati. In the vicinity arc sonic cave-temples supposed to be upwards of four hundred years old. I'he town contains a dispensary, and is administered as a municipality with an income (1903-4) of Rs. 1,348 and expenditure of Rs. 803.