Dhar State (1730-1947) and Coins

 

Dhar State was a princely state and a salute state of the Central India Agency. The state was bordered on the north by Ratlam State and Sailana State, east by Gwalior and Indore States, on the south by Barwani State and on the west by Jhabua State. 

                                           

Dhar State Rupee, Anand Rao Pawar II, 1782-1807 AD
                                             

The Parmars, the ancestors of the last ruling family, were established in Dhar long before the Christian era. Rajas Vikramaditya and Bhoj are said to have reigned in Dhar. Vikramaditya transferred his capital from Ujjain to Dhar.

                                             

Dhar State, Imperial Gazetteer of India
 

The present Dhar dynasty was founded in 1729 by Udaji Rao Puar, a distinguished Maratha general who received the territory as a grant from the Chatrapati. Dhar began as one of the states in 1730 and since 1732, Dhar (anagar) was its capital.

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                 Dhar State Flag

Emblem

                                           

         Emblem of Dhar State

Yashwant Rao Puar also had a prominent role in the northern expansion of the Maratha Empire. In the third battle of Panipat (1761), Atai Khan, the adopted son of the Wazir Shah Wali Khan, was said to have been killed by Yashwant Rao.

                                            

Yashvant Rao Puar, 3rd Raja of Dhar, 1724-1761 AD

During the Pindhari raids, the state's territories were whitted away, till it was restored after an agreement in 1819, with the British East India Company and Dhar became a major Princely State.

The state was confiscated by the British after the 1857 freedom struggle. In 1860, it was restored to Raja Anand Rao III, then a minor. Anand Rao, who received the personal title Maharaja and the ''Knight Commander'' (KCSI), in 1877. He died in 1898 and was succeeded by Udaji Rao II Pawar.

                                             

Gate of City Palace, built in 1875 

                                         

Maharaja Udaji Rao II Pawar of Dhar,  (1886-1926)

                                              

Maharaja Shrimat Udaji Rao II Pawar

The British granted Dhar a Hereditary gun salute of 15-guns. 

                               

Late Colonel Maharaja Shrimat Anand Rao IV Pawar, 

                                               

The construction of the Dhar Fort was overseen by Mohammad Bin Tuglak during the 11th century AD, it lies on the summit of a small rectangular hillock about 3 km from the town center.                     

In 1948 it became part of Madya Bharat.   

Coins of Dhar State                                          

1/12 Anna, Victoria, Anand Rao Pawar III, 1887, copper, weight 2 gm

                                             

Half Pice, Victoria, Anand Rao Pawar III, 1887, copper, weight 3 gm

                                              

Quarter Anna, Victoria, Anand Rao Pawar III, 1887, copper, weight 6 gm    

                                             

Paisa, Anand Rao, 1860-1898, copper, weight 7.2 gm

Obverse: Lord Hanuman with banner

Reverse: Nagari ''Dhar'' and date

                                            

Rupee, Anand Rao Pawar II, 1782-1807 AD, silver, weight 11.2 gm, Anandnagar, AH 1202, RY 25 

                                            

Paisa, Anand Rao III, (AH 1276-1316), copper, weight 7.2 gm

Obverse: Lord Hanuman with banner

Reverse: Nagari ''Dhar'' with date

                                           

Paiasa, Jaswant Rao, 1834-1857 AD, copper, weight 7.9 gm

Obverse: Double banner flag with circle

Reverse: Nagar ''Dhar/Saaraja'' with date

Dhar State

Coins of Dhar State