NAWANAGAR, or JAMNAGAR  , a native state of India, in Kathiawar, within the Gujarat division of Bombay, situated on the south of the Gulf of Cutch . Area, 3791 sq. m . Pop . (1001) 336,779, showing a decrease of I I % in the decade due to famine . Estimated revenue, (170,000; tribute, 8000 . The chief, whose title is Jam, is a Jareja Rajput of the same clan as the rao of Cutch . Prince Ranjitsinjhi (b . 1872), well known in England as a cricketer, was educated at the Rajkulnar College, Rajkot, and Trinity College, Cambridge . He had been adopted by his uncle, the Jam Shri Vibhaji, but the adoption was set aside, with British sanction, in favour of a son by a Mahommedan mother . This son succeeded, but died in 1go6 aged twenty-four, and Ranjitsinjhi obtained the throne in March 1907 . A branch railway, constructed at the expense of the state, was opened in 1898 from Rajkot to Nawanagar town . The town of Nawanagar is about 5 M. from the seaport of Bedi .

Pop . (1901) 53,844 . Founded by Jam Rawal in 1540, it is built of

stone, and has manufactures of silk and gold embroidery, and perfumed oils and red powder for ceremonial purposes . Its water is supplied from a reservoir covering 600 acres and an aqueduct 8 m. long .