Dhar

Dhar is a city in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, India, and the administrative headquarters of Dhar district. Before Indian independence it was the capital of the Dhar princely state, which the British confiscated after the Revolt of 1857 and restored to Raja Anand Rao III Pawar in 1860. The town stands about 55 kilometres west of Mhow at roughly 559 metres above sea level. Its best-known features are the massive earthen ramparts, thought to date from the start of the ninth century and unusual in north India as a legacy of the Paramara dynasty, together with a sandstone fort on a small hill and dozens of historic stepwells. The 2011 census counted 93,917 residents, and most follow Hinduism, with significant Muslim and Jain communities.