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:
- Sai Bhonsale (née Nimbalkar) (c. 1633 – 1659),the first wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Kingdom
- Bajaji Rao Naik Nimbalkar, Maratha Statesman and Maharaja of Phaltan.
- Omraje Nimbalkar (born 1983), Indian Politician from Maharashtra
- Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, former chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council.
- Ranjitsinh Nimbalkar, Politician and Senior BJP Politician.
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.