 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.