What is "nagar"

Nagar (, riyasat nagar) was a princely state in the northern part of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. Until August 1947, it was in a subsidiary alliance with British India and bordered the states of the Gilgit Agency to the south and west and the princely state of District Hunza to the north and east. From November 1947 to 1974, like other states of subcontinent , it was a princely state of Pakistan. The state capital was the town of Nagar.

The territory, once covered by Nagar, is now in the far north of Pakistan. The area of Nagar now forms three tehsils of the Nagar District.

Nagar can refer to:

• Nagar taluka, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra State, India
• The Nagar Valley in northern Pakistan
  • Nagar, Pakistan, a town in northern Pakistan
  • Nagar (princely state), a former autonomous princely state in northern Pakistan
• Nagar, Syria, an ancient city in Syria
• Nagar, Rajshahi Division, a town in Bangladesh
• Nagar, Barisal Division, a town in Bangladesh
• Nagar Rajasthan, a town in Rajasthan, India
• Nagar Gujjars, a subcaste of the Gujjar ethnic group in South Asia
• Nagar Brahmins, a subcaste in Hinduism
• Nagar, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran