Jesar

Jesar is a small town and Taluka of Bhavnagar district of Gujarat.[1]

Before independence it was capital of Jesar State, a small Princely State of India. Upon independence in 1947, the Princely State of Jesar was merged into Union of India to form a part of United State of Kathiawar a.k.a. Saurashtra State.[2]

References
  1. Rains pound Bhavnagar, Jesar lashed by 231mm
  2. Calcutta Government Of India Central Publication Branch. Memoranda On The Indian States 1930.


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