Nimbalkar
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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:
- B. B. Nimbalkar (1919–2012), Indian cricketer
- 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
- Sai Bhonsale (née Nimbalkar) (c. 1633 – 1659), first queen escort of Maratha Empire