Dhar State

Dhar State
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 Dhar

HH Maharaja Udaji Rao II Pawar of Dhar

Gate of City Palace, built in 1875

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 1,798 square miles (4,660 km²) and a population of 253,210. Dhar was the capital of the state from 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 Sinh Raje Pawar is the current titular crown prince of Dhar, as Hemendra Sinh Raje Pawar (the titular Maharaja of Dhar) died in November 2023.