a town of Hindustan, province of Guzerat, and the principal place of the rajpoot state of the same name. The town contains 1200 houses, with a population of about 10,000. The petty state of Eder was founded in the early part of the eighteenth century by Amund Sing and Race Sing, sons of the celebrated Ajeeet Sing, rajah of Joudpore; the territory having been assigned to them by their elder brother the viceroy of Guzerat. The annual revenue is estimated at about £24,000; of which £3800 is paid as tribute to the Guicowar. The political connection of the British government with this state commenced in 1820 in the arrangement with the Guicowar, under which that prince stipulated to withdraw his troops from the district, and the British government engaged to collect the Guicowar's dues free of all deduction. Upon the election in 1841 of Tukht Sing, the rajah of Ahmednuggur, to the throne of Joudpore, his possessions in Guzerat were claimed by the ruler of Eder as the feudal superior; and the claim having been recognised by the British government, the possessions of Ahmednuggur thenceforward merged into those of Eder. The town of Eder is in Lat. 23° 50', Long. 73° 3'.