| Dhar State धार रियासत | |||||||
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| Princely State ofIndia | |||||||
| 1730–1947 | |||||||
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 Dhar State in theImperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1941 | 4,660 km2 (1,800 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1941 | 253,210 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1730 | ||||||
| 1947 | |||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||
| Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 510 | |||||||
Dhar State was aMarathaprincely state. It was asalute state in the colonial sway of theCentral India Agency. Dhar began as one of the states duringMaratha 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 atMulthan inDhar district. In 1948, it became part ofMadhya Bharat.
Lying between 21°57' and 23°15' north, and 74°37' and 75°37' east, Dhar State was bordered on the north byRatlam State andSailana State; east by parts ofGwalior andIndore States; on the south byBarwani State, and on the west byJhabua State and portions ofGwalior State andIndore State.
Prathmeshwar Singh Rao Pawar is the current titular crown prince of Dhar, asHemendra Singh Rao Pawar (the titular Maharaja of Dhar) died in November 2023.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The present Dhar dynasty was founded in 1729 by Udaji Rao Pawar, a distinguishedMaratha general who received the territory as a grant from theChhatrapati.
Yashwant Rao Pawar also had prominent role in the northern expansion of theMaratha Empire. In theThird battle of Panipat (1761), Atai Khan, the adopted son of the Wazir Shah Wali Khan, was said to have been killed by Yeshwant Rao Pawar when he climbed atop his elephant and struck him down.[7]
During the Pindhari raids, the state's territory was whittled away, until it was restored in size on 10 January 1819, when it signed aSubsidiary alliance agreement with the British East India Company and became a majorPrincely state, enjoyingindirect rule under Britishprotectorate.[citation needed]
The Dhar StateDarbar (Court) was composed ofSardars,Jagirdars, Istamuradars,Mankaris,Thakurs and Bhumias.
The state was confiscated by the British after theRevolt of 1857. In 1860, it was restored to Raja Anand Rao III Pawar, then a minor, with the exception of the detached district of Bairusia which was granted to the Begum ofBhopal. Anand Rao, who received the personal title Maharaja and theKCSI in 1877, died in 1898; he was succeeded by Udaji Rao IIPawar.
| Reign start | Reign end | Name | Birth-death |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1728 | 1732 | Udaji Raje I Pawar | |
| 1732 | 1736 | Anand Raje I Pawar | (b. ... – died 1749) |
| 1736 | 1761, 6 January | Yeshwant Raje I Pawar | (1724–1761) |
| 1761, 6 January | 1782 | Khande Raje Pawar | (b. c.1758 – died 1782) |
| 1782 | 1807, 10 June | Anand Raje II Pawar | (1782–1807) |
| 1807, Dec | 1810 | Ramchandra Raje I Pawar | (1807–1810) |
| 1807, Dec | 1810 | Maina Bai (f) (regent) | |
| 1810 | 1833, October | Ramchandra Raje II Pawar | (1805–1833) |
| 1834, 21 April | 1857, 23 May | Yeshwant Raje II Pawar | (1823–1857) |
| 1857, 23 May | 1858, 19 Jan | Anand Raje III Pawar (1st time) | (1844–1898) |
| 1858, 19 Jan | 1860, 1 May | state abolished | |
| 1860, 1 May | 1898, 29 July | Anand Raje III Pawar (2nd time) | (1844–1898) |
| 1898, 29 July | 1926 | Udaji Raje II Pawar "Baba Sahib" | (1886–1926) |
| 1926 | 1931 | Laxmibai Sahiba (f) (regent) | |
| 1926 | 1989 | Anand Raje IV Pawar | (1920–1989) |
In 1897 primitive stamps with entirely native text. The second definitive issue bore the nameDHAR STATE in Latin script; a total of 8 stamps. Since 1901 Indian stamps have been in use.[citation needed]
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