NIMKHERA (Bhumia)

  
AREA: 234.71 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, 21st and 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 RAGHUNATH SINGH, 1st Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia KISHAN SINGH, 2nd Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia KANAK SINGH, 3rd Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia JHUJAR SINGH, 4th Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia SAGRAM SINGH, 5th Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia PARTAB SINGH, 6th Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia BARA RANA, 7th Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia GAPPU SINGH, 8th Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia PYAJI, 9th Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia IYAM SINGH, 10th Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia SURJI, 11th Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia NATHU SINGH, 12th Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia KESAR SINGH, 13th Bhumia of Nimkhera
  • Bhumia SHEO SINGH, 14th Bhumia of Nimkhera bef 1820/1844, married and had issue. He died 1844.
    • Kunwar Achal Singh, married and had issue.
      • Bhumia Bhima Singh (qv)
    • Bhumia Kanak Singh (qv)
  • Bhumia BHIMA SINGH, 15th Bhumia of Nimkhera 1844/1853, married and had adoptive issue.
    • (A) Bhumia Kanak Singh (qv)
  • Bhumia KANAK SINGH, 16th  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, 17th  Bhumia of Nimkhera 1864/1894, born 1861, succeeded 1864 (#1), educated at Daly College, Indore, married and had issue. He died 1894.
    • Thakur Indrajit Singh (qv)
    • Thakur Daulat Singh (qv)
    UNDER MANAGEMENT 1894/1910
  • Thakur INDRAJIT SINGH, 18th Thakur of Nimkhera 1894/1919, born 1889, died 1919.
  • Thakur DAULAT SINGH, 19th Thakur of Nimkhera 1919/1922, born 1889, succeeded 26th October 1918., died 1922.
    UNDER MANAGEMENT 1922/1932
  • Thakur Saheb GANGA SINGH, 20th Thakur of Nimkhera 1922/1963, 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. He died 1963.
    • 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, 21st 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)