page_title: Dhar State
hierarchical_section_title: Dhar State
caption_attribution_description: English: HH Maharaja Udaji Rao II Puar of Dhar
context_page_description: Dhar State was a princely state of British Raj. 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 and a population of 253,210. Dhar was the capital of the state since 1732. 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 and Indore.
  Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar is the present head of the former ruling family of Dhar.
context_section_description: Dhar State was a princely state of British Raj. 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(anagar) was the capital of the state since 1732 (from the 1728 foundation, the Raja's first seat had been Multhan). 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 and Indore.
  Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar is the present  head of the former ruling family of Dhar.
caption: HH Maharaja Udaji Rao II Parmar of Dhar
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