HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

Dhar town became the capital of Paramara kingdom when Vairi Singh, at the end of the ninth century moved to Dhar from Ujjain. Another place in the District, Mandu remained the seat of Malwa kingdom under Hohangshah Ghori. Under Akbar Dhar again became the chief town of a mahal in the Mandu sarkar of the subah of Malwa. From 1732 to 1948 Dhar was the seat of a Maratha State under the Panwars. After the Merger of State, the District was carved from Kukshi Badnawar, Dhar, Mandu and Dharampuri tahsils of the erstwhile Dhar State, Sardarpur and Manabar (Bagh-Bakaner Pargana) tahsils of the erstwhile Gwalior State and Nisarpur tahsil of former Nimar District of Indore State.

Since then the District and tahsils have remained practically unchanged except for the few miner changes in Badnawar and Sardarpur tahsils.

Administrative Sub-Divisions

The District is divided into seven tahsils consists of 4 revenue divisions of Dhar, Badnawar, Manawar and Kukshiis divided into five tahsils, namely Sardarpur and Kukshi. Police Stations are located at Dhar, Sagar, Sadalpur, Nalchha, Badnawar, Dharampuri, Gandhwani, Kukshi, Bagh, Dahi, Tanda, Kanwan, Sardarpur, Amjhera, Rajod and Manawar.