Badnawar


Badnawar is a Town, former pargana and a Nagar Parishad of the Dhar district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
It was once known as Vardhamanapur, Acharya Jinasena started the composition of Harivamsa Purana here in AD 783. It remained a major Jain center until mid 13th century.

Geography

Badnawar is located at. It has an average elevation of 506 metres.

History

Acharya Jinasena started the composition of Harivamsa Purana here in AD 783. Jayavarmadeva, A Paramara ruler, had issued a grant mentioning Vardhamanapur, which was found at Ujjain. Some of the ancient Jain images found here are now displayed in the Digambar Jain Museum Ujjain. Approximately twenty inscribed images have been found here that date from Samvat 1122 to 1308. Several of them mention Vardhanapur or Vardhamanapura as the name of the city and some mention a Jain community named Vardhamanapuranvaya. Ancient Jain images continue to be found here.
There is a very ancient Dharmaraja temple here. There is an old Jinda Samadhi in the temple complex. There is a very old gymnasium in the temple complex.
Badnawar was a pargana given to Raja Rai Singh, second son of Maharaja Ratan Singh Rathore of Ratlam and governor of 16 parganas of north Malwa in 1658, before the fatel battle of Dharmat against Mughal Aurangzab where Ratan Singh was killed and Rai Singh escaped wounded, in 1733 it came under Maratha rule by the conquest of Malwa by Peshwa Bajirao. Dhar State was formed under the Maratha ruler Puar. In 1818 Raja Bhagwant Singh was compelled to move to Kachhi Baroda and a settlement was made by Sir John Malcome of the British East India Company. Dhar district, included at least 4 jagirs, all held by Rajput Thakurs: Multhan, Kachhi Baroda, Bakhatgarh, Dotrea and Bidwal.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Badnawar has a population of 20,928. Males constitute 52.03% of the population and the females 47.97%. Badnawar has an literacy rate of 81.3%, with 88.7% of the males and 41% of females literate.

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