IDAR, or EDAR  , a native state of India, forming part of the Mahi Kantha agency, within the Gujarat division of Bombay . It has an area of 1669 sq. m., and a population (19o1) of 168,557, showing a decrease of 44% in the decade as the result of famine . Estimated gross revenue, £29,000; tribute to the gaekwar of Baroda, £2000 . In 1901 the raja and his posthumous son both died, and the succession devolved upon Sir Pertab Singh (q.v.) of Jodhpur . The line of railway from Ahmedabad through Parantij runs mainly through this state . Much of the territory is held by kinsmen of the raja on feudal tenure . The products are grain, oil-seeds and sugar-cane . The town of Idar is 64 m . N.E. of Ahmedabad . Pop . (1901) 7085 . It was formerly the capital, but Ahmednagar (pop .

3200) is the

present capital .