Jesar State was one of the small

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

s of

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. It was scattered over a total area of 1.25 sq miles and was one of the states that formed up the Sarvaiya in the former

Rewa Kantha Agency Rewa Kantha was a political agency of British India, managing the relations (indirect rule) of the British government's Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain of Gujarat and ...

. The capital was

Jesar Jesar is a small town and Taluka of Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. Before independence it was capital of Jesar State, a small Koli Princely State of India. Upon independence in 1947, the Princely State of Jesar was merged into Union of India ...

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{{Reflist Princely states of Gujarat States and territories disestablished in 1947 1947 disestablishments in India