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Nimkhera (or Neemkheda; Hindi नीमखेड़ा) was one of the petty princely states.[citation needed]
History
Nimkhera was under administrative control of salute state Dhar, initially as a Bhumiate Zamindar estate, like Jamnia.[citation needed]
It covered 233 Square Kilometers km², comprising 91 villages, with a population at one point of 8,276, and a revenue of 18,000 Rupees in 1891.
Under the British Raj], it was part of the colonial Bhopawar Agency. The privy purse was fixed at 47,011 Rupees, it ceased to exist by accession to Madhya Pradesh
Rulers
Bhumias
- Sheo Singh, Bhumia of Nimkhera,
- Bhima Singh, Bhumia of Nimkhera, son of the above
- Kanak Singh, adopted by the above, Bhumia of Nimkhera 1853/1864, in 1863, the British Government sanctioned the adoption of his cousin, Kunwar Dhario Singh; died childless in 1864
- Dhario Singh, Bhumia of Nimkhera 1864/1894, born 1861, adopted by his cousin above, whom he succeeded
Thakurs
- Thakur INDRAJIT Singh, (first) Thakur of Nimkhera 1894/1919, son of the above last Bhumia
- Thakur DAULAT Singh, Thakur of Nimkhera 1919/1922, born 1889, succeeded 26 October 1918, succeeded his above brother
- Thakur Saheb GANGA Singh, Thakur of Nimkhera 1922/- , born 1911 and succeeded 27 March 1922, 27th in descent from Rao Bawalji; last actual ruler
The line is nominally continued :
- Thakur Saheb Surendra Singh, Thakur of Nimkhera, son of the above
See also
- Neemkheda Stadium, a cricket ground in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
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