Dhar State

HH Maharaja Udaji Rao II Puar of Dhar

Dhar was a princely state of India during the British Raj. 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 part of the Central India Agency. In 1948 it became part of Madhya Bharat. The state was ruled by the Pawar (or Puar) dynasty of the Marathas.

Rulers

Rajas

Reign start	Reign end	Name	Birth-death
1728	1732	Udaji Rao I Pawar
1732	1736	Anand Rao I Pawar	(b. ... - d. 1749)
1736	1761, 6 January	Jashwant Rao I Pawar	(b. 1724 - d. 1761)
1761, 6 January	1782	Khande Rao Pawar	(b. c.1758 - d. 1782)
1782	1807, 10 June	Anand Rao II Pawar	(b. 1782 - d. 1807)
1807, Dec	1810	Ramchandra Rao I Pawar	(b. 1807 - d. 1810)
1807, Dec	1810	Maina Bai (f) (regent)
1810	1833, October	Ramchandra Rao II Panwar	(b. 1805 - d. 1833)
1834, 21 April	1857, 23 May	Jashwant Rao II Pawar	(b. 1823 - d. 1857)
1857, 23 May	1858, 19 Jan	Anand Rao III Pawar (1st time)	(b. 1844 - d. 1898)
1858, 19 Jan	1860, 1 May	state abolished
1860, 1 May	1898, 29 July	Anand Rao III Pawar (2nd time)	(s.a.)
1898, 29 July	1918, 1 Jan	Udaji Rao II Pawar "Baba Sahib"	(b. 1886 - d. 1926)

Maharajas

Reign start	Reign end	Name	Birth-death
1918, 1 Jan	1926, 30 Jul	Udaji Rao II Pawar "Baba Sahib"	(s.a.)
1926, 1 Aug	1947, 15 Aug	Anand Rao IV Pawar	(b. 1920 - d. 1989)

See also

• Maratha Empire
• List of Maratha dynasties and states
• List of Indian princely states

Sources

• Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 510