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In 1723 the Nizam resigned the governorship of Malwa, and was succeeded in 1724 by Girdhar Bahadur, whose vigorous opposition to the Marathas delayed the establishment of their power in Central India. Udaji Puar, an officer in the paigah or body-guard of the Satara Raja, Sahu, came to the front about this time. In 1723 he had established himself temporarily in Dhar, but was driven out on the arrival of Girdhar Bahadur. In 1729-30, however, he managed to defeat both Girdhar and his successor Daya Bahadur, and thus finally cleared the way for the Maratha ascendancy.
. In 1742 the Peshwa formally confirmed Anand Rao Puar in the fief of Dhar by sanad. Anand Rao I now became one of the leading chiefs of Central India, holding considerable dominions and sharing with Holkar and Sindhia the rule of Malwa. Malcolm remarks it as a curious coincidence that the success of the Marathas should, by making Dhar the capital of Anand Rao and his descendants, have restored the sovereignty of a race who seven centuries before had been expelled from the government of that city and country.