Dhar State


Dhar maratha State was a Maratha 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 and a population of 253,210. Dhar was the capital of the state since 1732 died in November 2023.

History

The present Dhar dynasty was founded in 1729 by Udaji Rao Pawar, a distinguished Maratha general who received the territory as a grant from the Chhatrapati.
Yashwant Rao Pawar also had prominent role in the northern expansion of the Maratha Empire. In the Third battle of Panipat, 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.
During the Pindhari raids, the state's territory was whittled away, until it was restored in size on 10 January 1819, when it signed a Subsidiary alliance agreement with the British East India Company and became a major Princely state, enjoying indirect rule under British protectorate.
The Dhar State Darbar was composed of Sardars, Jagirdars, Istamuradars, Mankaris, Thakurs and Bhumias.
The state was confiscated by the British after the Revolt 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 of Bhopal. Anand Rao, who received the personal title Maharaja and the KCSI in 1877, died in 1898; he was succeeded by Udaji Rao II Pawar.

Rulers

Titular Maharajas

In 1897 primitive stamps with entirely native text. The second definitive issue bore the name DHAR STATE in Latin script; a total of 8 stamps. Since 1901 Indian stamps have been in use.