PRESENT RULER: Raja Bahadur Shrimant RAMRAJE PRATAPSINH NAIK NIMBALKAR, Raja of Phaltan since 7th October 2004.

Installed 7th October 2004, married Rani Shrimant Rekha Naik Nimbalkar, and has issue.

• Yuvaraj Aniket Ram Naik Nimbalkar

• Sarojini Devi Naik Nimbalkar

• Sai Naik Nimbalkar

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1270's. Rulers were...

1. Naik NIMBRAJ I NIMBALKAR 1284/1291

2. Naik PADAKHALA JAGDEVRAO DHARPATRAO NIMBALKAR 1291/1327

3. Naik NIMBRAJ II NIMBALKAR 1327/1349

4. Naik VANANG BHUPAL NIMBALKAR 1349/1374

5. Naik VANANGPAL NIMBALKAR 1390/1394

6. Naik VANGOJI I NIMBALKAR 1394/1409

7. Naik MALOJI I NIMBALKAR 1409/1420

8. Naik BAJI I NIMBALKAR 1420/1445

9. Naik POWARRAO NIMBALKAR 1445/1470

10. Naik BAJI II NIMBALKAR 1470/1512

11. Naik MUDHOJI II NIMBALKAR 1512/1527

12. Naik BAJI DHARRAO NIMBALKAR 1527/1560

13. Naik MALOJI II NIMBALKAR 1560/1570

14. Naik VANGOJI II JAGPALRAO NIMBALKAR 1570/1630, his sister, Dipa Bai, married Raja Maloji Bhonsle, Jagirdar of Pune.

15. Naik MUDHOJI II NIMBALKAR 1630/1644, married and had issue.

    • Naik BAJAJI I NIMBALKAR (qv)

    • Maharani Sai Bai, married Maharaja Chhatrapati SHIVAJI RAO BHONSLE I of Satara, and had issue. She died 6th June 1674.

16. Naik BAJAJI I NIMBALKAR 1644/1676, married and had issue.

    • Mahadaji Naik Nimbalkar, married Sakhu Bai, daughter of Maharaja Chhatrapati SHIVAJI I of Satara.

17. Naik VANGOJI NIMBALKAR III 1676/1693

18. Naik JANOJI NIMBALKAR 1693/1748

19. Naik MUDHOJIRAO NIMBALKAR III 1748/1765

20. Naik SAYAJIRAO NIMBALKAR 1767/1774

21. Naik MALOJIRAO NIMBALKAR III 1774/1777

22. Naik JANRAO NIMBALKAR II 1777/1827

23. Naik BAJAJIRAO NIMBALKAR II 1827/1841, married and had adoptive issue. He died 1841.

24. Raja Shrimant MUDHOJIRAO JANRAO [Bapu Saheb] NAIK NIMBALKAR IV 1841/1916, Deshmukh and Naik Nimbalkar of Phaltan, born 5th November 1838, succeeded 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 1916/1978, born 11th September 1896 in Nimbhore, succeeded 17th October 1916, 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 (see below)

    • Rajkumar Vijaysinh alias Shivajiraje Malojirao Naik Nimbalkar, born 1925, married and had issue, 3 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 BAPUSAHEB NAIK NIMBALKAR 1978/2004, 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 (see above)