The village of Kamadhia was granted as princely state by the British to Mir Sarfaraz Ali, aristicratic Muslim scion of Mir Jafur Ali, the Nawab of Surat, as reward for his valliant part in the Malwa War (Third Anglo-Maratha War) defeating the Martha Peshwa in 1817.
The above first Darbar Sahib signed a treaty as British protectorate in 1818, but soon obtained a waiver of tribute to the colonial government.