ANJAR, a fortified town of Hindustan, and the capital of a district of the same name in the native state of Cutch. The country is dry and sandy, and depends entirely on irrigation by means of wells. The town is situate nearly ten miles from the Gulf of Cutch. It suffered severely from an earthquake in 1819, which destroyed a large number of houses and occasioned the loss of several lives. One half of the town situated on low rocky ridges suffered comparatively nothing. In 1820 the population was estimated at 10,000.
The town and district of Anjar were both ceded to the British in 1816, but in 1822 they were again transferred to the Cutch government in consideration of an annual money payment. Subsequently it was discovered that this obligation pressed heavily upon the resources of the state, and in 1832 the pecuniary equivalent for Anjar, both prospectively and inclusive of the arrears which had accrued to that date, were wholly remitted by the British government. Lat. 23. 6. Long. 70. 3. (E. T.)