The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Dhar, Raja of; His Highness Raja Sir Udaji Rao Puar Sahib Bahadur
Dhar, Raja of; His Highness Raja Sir Udaji Rao Puar Sahib Bahadur, K.C.S.I. (1911); is a Mahratta of the Ponwar Rajput clan; a.s. of the late Raja Ananda Rao; b. 1886; succeeded to gaddi, 1898; educ; Daly College, Indore; m. eldest princess of the Sar Desai of Samwantwadi State. At the time of the Mutiny of 1857, the Chief of the State was one Ananda Rao II. He was a minor, and his Chief Ministers were suspected of Complicity in the Mutiny, with the result that the State was confiscated by the British Government. In 1860 however, the Government restored a greater portion of the State to Ananda Rao III, granted him title of Maharaja, and Created him a K.C.S.I. Area of the State, 1,775 square miles; population, about 142,000; revenue, about 9 lakhs; the Raja is entitled to a salute of 15 guns. Address: Dhar, Bhopawar, Central India.