Nimbalkar
Nimbalkar is a Maratha clan descent from Nimbraj Parmar, direct descendant of Jagdeva Parmar. Nimbalkar derives its surname from the forest of Nimbalak in Phaltan taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, India.[1]
Some Nimbalkars served as head of the deshmukhs (sardeshmukhs or sardars) during the period of the Deccan Sultanates[2] and Mughal Empire.[3]
Notable people with the name include:
- Anjali Nimbalkar, Indian politician
- Bajaji Rao Naik Nimbalkar, Maratha Statesman and Maharaja of Phaltan.
- B. B. Nimbalkar (1919–2012), Indian cricketer
- Hindurao Naik Nimbalkar, Indian politician
- Omprakash Raje Nimbalkar, Indian politician
- Rajaram Nimbalkar, Indian politician
- Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, former chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council.
- Ranjitsinh Nimbalkar, Politician and Senior BJP Politician.
- Raosaheb Nimbalkar (1915–1965), Indian cricketer
- Sai Bhonsale (née Nimbalkar; c. 1633 – 1659), the first wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Kingdom
- S. P. Nimbalkar, Indian academic
- Urmila Nimbalkar, actress in the Indian Hindi-language television soap opera Diya Aur Baati Hum
References
[edit]- ↑ Shivaram Shankar Apte (1965). Samarth Ramdas, life & mission. Vora. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ↑ Kulkarni, G.T. (1992). "DECCAN (MAHARASHTRA) UNDER THE MUSLIM RULERS FROM KHALJIS TO SHIVAJI : A STUDY IN INTERACTION, PROFESSOR S.M KATRE Felicitation". Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute. 51/52: 501–510. JSTOR 42930434.
- ↑ Eaton, Richard M. (2005). The New Cambridge History of India: The Social History of Decca. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 188. ISBN 9780521254847.