Dhar State

{{Short description|Princely state in present-day India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox former subdivision

|native_name = धार रियासत

|conventional_long_name = Dhar State

|common_name = Dhar

|nation = India

|subdivision = Princely State

|era =

|year_start = 1730

|date_start =

|event_start=

|year_end = 1947

|date_end =

|event_end= Independence of India

|event1 =

|date_event1 =

|p1 =

|s1 = India

|flag_p1 =

|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg

|image_flag =Drapeau Dhar.png

|image_coat =

|image_map = Barwani-Dhar map.jpg

|image_map_caption = Dhar State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India

|stat_area1 =4660

|stat_year1 =1941

|stat_pop1 = 253,210

|today = India

|footnotes = Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 510

}}

File:Yeshwant Rao Pawar of Dhar.jpg

File:HH Maharaja Udaji Rao II Puar of Dhar.jpg

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Dhar State was a 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 {{convert|1798|sqmi|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 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 Singh Rao Pawar is the current titular crown prince of Dhar, as Hemendra Singh Rao Pawar (the titular Maharaja of Dhar) died in November 2023.MP: Dhar's Titular Maharaja Hemendra Rao Pawar Passes Away Due To Cancer, November 07 2023 [https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/mp-dhars-titular-maharaja-hemendra-rao-pawar-passes-away-due-to-cancer]{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/madhyapradesh/hemendra-singh-puar-is-head-of-erstwhile-princely-state-of-dhar/article1-1307225.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126183920/http://www.hindustantimes.com/madhyapradesh/hemendra-singh-puar-is-head-of-erstwhile-princely-state-of-dhar/article1-1307225.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2015|title=Hemendra Singh Puar is head of erstwhile princely state of Dhar|date=15 January 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/hemendra-puar-to-be-new-dhar-maharaja/articleshow/45893428.cms|title=Hemendra Puar to be new Dhar maharaja | Indore News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}{{Cite web |title=Hemendra Singh becomes new King of Dhar |url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/hemendra-singh-becomes-new-king-of-dhar/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725012024/http://www.freepressjournal.in/hemendra-singh-becomes-new-king-of-dhar/ |archive-date=25 July 2015 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=freepressjournal.in |df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/administration-to-remove-seal-on-dhar-royal-estates-on-hc-orders/articleshow/48211141.cms|title=Administration to remove seal on Dhar royal estates on HC orders | Indore News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riBJH0J1FR0C&q=dhar+parmar+puar&pg=PA302|title=Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey|first1=R. V.|last1=Solomon|first2=J. W.|last2=Bond|date=7 September 2017|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120619654|via=Google Books}}