PHALTAN (Princely State)
AREA: 1,030.21 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 140,442Rs  ACCESSION: 8th March 1948
STATE: Bombay DYNASTY: Parmar RELIGION: Hindu
TITLE: Naik then Deshmuk then Raja
 POPULATION: 45,739 (1901)
  
     
PRESENT RULER: Raja Bahadur Shrimant RAMRAJE PRATAPSINH NAIK NIMBALKAR, present Raja of Phaltan since 6th October 2004.
Installed 7th October 2004, married Rani Shrimant Rekha Naik Nimbalkar, and has issue.
  • Yuvaraj Aniket Ram Naik Nimbalkar
  • Kumari Sarojini Devi Naik Nimbalkar
  • Kumar Sai Naik Nimbalkar
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The princely state was founded in 1284 and the surname is derived from a village called Nimblak. Rulers were...
  1. Naik NIMBRAJ I NIMBALKAR, 1st Naik of Phaltan 1284/1291

  2. Naik Padakhala JAGDEVRAO DHARPATRAO NIMBALKAR, 2nd Naik of Phaltan 1291/1327

  3. Naik NIMBRAJ II NIMBALKAR, 3rd Naik of Phaltan 1327/1349, he died 1349.

  4. Naik VANANG BHUPAL NIMBALKAR, 4th Naik of Phaltan 1349/1374, killed in 1374.

  5. Naik VANANGPAL NIMBALKAR, 5th Naik of Phaltan 1390/1394, died 1394.

  6. Naik VANGOJI I NIMBALKAR, 6th Naik of Phaltan 1394/1409

  7. Naik MALOJI I NIMBALKAR, 7th Naik of Phaltan 1409/1420

  8. Naik BAJI I NIMBALKAR, 8th Naik of Phaltan 1420/1445

  9. Naik POWARRAO NIMBALKAR, 9th Naik of Phaltan 1445/1470

  10. Naik BAJI II NIMBALKAR, 10th Naik of Phaltan 1470/1512 

  11. Naik MUDHOJI II NIMBALKAR, 11th Naik of Phaltan 1512/1527

  12. Naik BAJI DHARRAO NIMBALKAR, 12th Naik of Phaltan 1527/1560

  13. Naik MALOJI II NIMBALKAR, 13th Naik of Phaltan 1560/1570, married and had issue.
    • Naik Vangoji II Jagpalrao Nimbalkar (qv)
    • Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Dipa Bai, married Raja Maloji Bhonsle, Jagirdar of Pune, and had issue.

  14. Naik VANGOJI II JAGPALRAO NIMBALKAR, 14th Naik of Phaltan 1570/1630

  15. Naik MUDHOJI II NIMBALKAR, 15th Naik of Phaltan 1630/1644, married and had issue. He was killed in 1644.
    • Naik Bajaji I Nimbalkar (qv)
    • Maharani Sai Bai, married (as his first wife), Maharaja Chhatrapati Shivaji I Rao Bhonsle of Satara, and had issue. She died 6th June 1674.

    OCCUPIED by Bijapur 1644/1651

  16. Naik BAJAJI I NIMBALKAR, 16th Naik of Phaltan 1644/1676, married and had issue.
    • Mahadaji Naik Nimbalkar, married Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sakhu Bai, daughter of Maharaja Chhatrapati Shivaji I of Satara.
    • Naik Vangoji Nimbalkar III (qv)

  17. Naik VANGOJI NIMBALKAR III, 17th Naik of Phaltan 1676/1693

  18. Naik JANOJI NIMBALKAR, 18th Naik of Phaltan 1693/1748 (with interruptions)

  19. Naik MUDHOJIRAO NIMBALKAR III, 19th Naik of Phaltan 1748/1765

    20. ADMINISTRATOR, Rani Sagunabai 1765/1767 (deposed), she died after 1774.

  20. Naik SAYAJIRAO NIMBALKAR, 20th Naik of Phaltan 1767/1774, married and had adoptive issue.
    • (A) Naik Malojirao Sayajirao Nimbalkar III (qv)

  21. Naik MALOJIRAO SAYAJIRAO NIMBALKAR III, 21st Naik of Phaltan 1774/1777, he succeeded by adoption

  22. Naik JANRAO NIMBALKAR II, 22nd Naik of Phaltan 1777/1825, he died 1827.

    23. OCCUPIED by Satara [1.1.1825] - [1827]

  23. Naik BAJAJIRAO NIMBALKAR II, 23rd Naik of Phaltan [1827] - [17.5.1828], married and had adoptive issue. He died 1828.
    • (A) Raja Shrimant Mudhojirao Janrao Bapusaheb Naik Nimbalkar IV (qv)

    OCCUPIED by Satara [17.5.1828] - [3.12.1841]

    REGENT, Rani Ai Saheb [3.12.1841] - [17.11.1853]

    BRITISH MANAGEMENT, [17.11.1853] - [10.2.1860]

  24. Raja Shrimant MUDHOJIRAO JANRAO BAPU SAHEB NAIK NIMBALKAR IV, 24th Raja of Phaltan [7.12.1841] - [17.10.1916], Deshmukh and Naik Nimbalkar then Raja Shrimant of Phaltan, born 5th November 1838, succeeded by adoption on 7th December 1841, installed 26th March 1860 (#1), C.S.I. [cr.1911] (#2), married and had issue. He died 1916.
    • Major HH Raja Bahadur Shrimant Malojirao Mudhojirao Nana Saheb Naik Nimbalkar IV (qv)
    • Rajkumar Venkatrao Naik Nimbalkar

  25. Major HH Raja Bahadur Shrimant MALOJIRAO MUDHOJIRAO NANA SAHEB NAIK NIMBALKAR IV, 25th Raja of Phaltan [17.10.1916] - [14.5.1978], born 11th September 1896 in Nimbhore, succeeded 17th October 1916 (#3), Raja Bahadur [cr.1946], K.C.I.E. [cr.1942], Raja [cr.1936], Major [1936],  married 18th December 1923?, HH Rani Lakshmi Devi, born 1901, died 1984, daughter of the Hon. Sardar Shambhusinghraje Jadhavrao K.I.H. of Malegaon, and had issue. He died 14th May 1978.
    • Raja Shrimant Pratapsinh Malojirao Bapu Saheb Naik Nimbalkar  (qv)
    • Rajkumar Vijaysinh alias Shivajiraje Malojirao Naik Nimbalkar, born 1925, married and had issue, three children. He died 8th November 2001.
    • Rajkumar Udaysinhraje Malojirao Naik Nimbalkar, born 1927
    • Rajkumar Vikramsinhraje Malojirao Naik Nimbalkar, born 1933
    • Rajkumari Sarojini Devi Akkasaheb Naik Nimbalkar, born 1920

  26. PRATAPSINH MALOJIRAO alias BAPUSAHEB NAIK NIMBALKAR, 26th Raja of Phaltan [14.5.1978] - [6.10.2004], born 1923 and succeeded 1978, married and had issue. He died 6th October 2004.
    • Raja Bahadur Shrimant Ramraje Pratapsinh Naik Nimbalkar (qv)

  27. Raja Bahadur Shrimant RAMRAJE PRATAPSINH NAIK NIMBALKAR, 27th Raja of Phaltan (see above)
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 417
2. "Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage", 1916 London, p.644
3. "Indian Annual Register" , N. N. Nitra, Calcutta 1945