IDAR, an Indian State forming part of the Mali Kantha agency, within the Gujarat division of Bombay. It has an area of 1,668 sq.m. and a pop. (1931) of 262,66o. Much of the ter ritory is held by kinsmen of the rajah on feudal tenure. The products are grain, oil-seeds and sugar-cane. The town of Idar, 64 m. N.E. of Ahmedabad, was formerly the capital, but the small town of Himmatnagar is the present capital. The State was created in the 18th century, by a branch of the great Rathor clan of Rajputs, to which Jodhpur and Bikaner belong. It suffered from the depredations of the Mahrattas, and still pays tribute to the gaekwar of Baroda. In 1901 the succession devolved on the famous Sir Pertab Singh, but he abdicated in 1911 to assume the regency of Jodhpur, and the present chief, Maharajah Sir Daulat Singhji, is his adopted son. The Maharajah is entitled to a salute of 15 guns.