State Within the Maratha Confederacy (1730 - 1818) Princely State of India
1730–1947
Flag
Dhar State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area
• 1941
4,660 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Population
• 1941
253,210
History
• Established
1730
• Independence of India
1947
Succeeded by
India
Today part of
India
Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 510
Yeshwant Rao Pawar, 3rd Raja of DharHH Maharaja Udaji Rao II Pawar of DharGate of City Palace, built in 1875
Dhar State was a princely state. It was a salute state in the colonial sway of the Central India Agency. Dhar began as one of the states during Maratha dominance in India about 1730. In 1941 it had an area of 1,798 square miles (4,660 km2) and a population of 253,210. Dhar was the capital of the state since 1732 (from the 1728 foundation, the Raja's first seat had been at Multhan in Dhar district. In 1948, it became part of Madhya Bharat.
Lying between 21°57' and 23°15' north, and 74°37' and 75°37' east, Dhar State was bordered on the north by Ratlam State and Sailana State; east by parts of Gwalior and Indore States; on the south by Barwani State, and on the west by Jhabua State and portions of Gwalior State and Indore State.
Prathmeshwar Singh Rao Pawar is the current titular crown prince of Dhar, as Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar (the titular Maharaja of Dhar) died in November 2023.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
^MP: Dhar's Titular Maharaja Hemendra Rao Pawar Passes Away Due To Cancer, November 07 2023 [1]
^"Hemendra Singh Puar is head of erstwhile princely state of Dhar". 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015.
^"Hemendra Puar to be new Dhar maharaja | Indore News - Times of India". The Times of India.
^"Hemendra Singh becomes new King of Dhar". freepressjournal.in. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
^"Administration to remove seal on Dhar royal estates on HC orders | Indore News - Times of India". The Times of India.
^Solomon, R. V.; Bond, J. W. (7 September 2017). Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120619654 – via Google Books.
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