NIMKHERA (Princely State)

 
AREA: 233 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 47,011Rs ACCESSION: xx
STATE: Madhya Pradesh DYNASTY: Chauhan RELIGION: Hindu
VILLAGES: 91 POPULATION: 8,276 REVENUE: 18,000Rs (1891)
     
PRESENT RULER: Thakur Saheb SURENDRA SINGH, present Thakur Saheb of Nimkhera since 24th November 1963, (Nimkhera House, Rau-Sonvai Road, P.O. Rau, Distt. Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India)
born 5th June 1934 in Indore, educated at Daly College, Indore; Member of Legislative Assembly (Madhya Pradesh) 1972/1977, Chairman (with status of State Minister) of Madhya Pradesh Small Scale Industries (Government Undertaking); married 8th May 1956 in Shohratgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rani Jyotsna Devi, daughter of Kumar Shripati Singh of Shohratgarh, and has issue.
  • Yuvraj Harsha Vardhan Singh, married Rajkumari Arpana Singh, daughter of Raja Yadvendra Bikram Singh of Payagpur, and his wife, Rani Padma Kumari Devi.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The ancestor of family was Rao Shivaji Chauhan, grandfather of Rao Bawalji. Rulers were....
  • Bhumia SHEO SINGH, Bhumia of Nimkhera, married and had issue.
    • Bhumia Bhima Singh (qv)
  • Bhumia BHIMA SINGH, Bhumia of Nimkhera, married and had adoptive issue.
    • (A) Bhumia Kanak Singh (qv)
  • Bhumia KANAK SINGH, Bhumia of Nimkhera 1853/1864, in 1863, the British Government sanctioned the adoption of his cousin, Kunwar Dhario Singh; married and had adoptive issue. He died sp in 1864.
    • (A) Bhumia Dhario Singh (qv)
  • Bhumia DHARIO SINGH, Bhumia of Nimkhera 1864/1894, born 1861, succeeded 1864 (#1), educated at Daly College, Indore, married and had issue.
    • Thakur Indrajit Singh (qv)
    • Thakur Daulat Singh (qv)
  • Thakur INDRAJIT SINGH, Thakur of Nimkhera 1894/1919
  • Thakur DAULAT SINGH, Thakur of Nimkhera 1919/1922, born 1889, succeeded 26th October 1918.
  • Thakur Saheb GANGA SINGH, Thakur of Nimkhera 1922/- , born 1911 and succeeded 27th March 1922 (#2), 27th in descent from Rao Bawalji, educated at Daly College, Indore, married 1932, Rani Chandra Kunwer Ba, daughter of Rana Sur Singhji of Kherali, and had issue.
    • Thakur Saheb Surendra Singh (qv)
    • Thakur Saheb Dipendra Singh Nimkhera, born 25th October 1946 in Indore, married 27th February 1971 at Bikaner, Rani Saheba Sushil Kunwar, and had issue, one son and one daughter.
      • Thakur Devvrat Singh Nimkhera
      • Kumari Uttara Singh Nimkhera
  • Thakur Saheb SURENDRA SINGH, Thakur of Nimkhera (see above) 
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 390
2. "Indian Annual Register" , N. N. Nitra, Calcutta 1945 (the stated title in this source is Bhumia)