NIMKHERA (NON SALUTE
STATE )
The
Princely State of Nimkhera, also known as Ninkhera, was one of the
prominent princely states of
India which was administered by a native prince
under the guidance of the British authorities. The princely state was under the
indirect control of the British Empire in India.
The territory covered a total area of 107 sq miles and had a total population
of 8,276 in the year 1931. The Bhumiat of Nimkhera was formed up of the pargana
of Hindola and various villages seized from the princely state of Dhar, princely state of
Indore and the princely state of Gwalior. The Nimkhera estate consisted of
around 94 villages, including Nimkhera itself. The region was originally known
as Tirla, and was situated in the Vindhya mountain range,
around 14 miles towards the southwest of Dhar state.
The Princely State
of Nimkhera was under the administrative control of the Central India Agency,
which was a political office of the British Empire in India that spanned over
the northern half of current Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The Central India Agency was
surrounded in the south by Berar and the Central Provinces; in the east by
the Chota Nagpur princely
states that were reassigned to the Central Provinces and
Berar from Bengal in the year 1905; in the north by
the United Provinces
of Agra and Oudh. Nimkhera state was also incorporated
as a part of the erstwhile Bhopawar Agency.
The native ruler of the
princely state of Nimkhera, who held the title of Bhumia, was a Bhilala of the
Anjana sept. The ruling family of the state descended from the Chauhan Rajputs
who settled in the region during the 16th century. Later, as a result of
inter-marriage, the ruling family lost caste and became Bhilala. Nimkhera state
was a guaranteed bhumiat of the princely state of Dhar. Under the agreement of
1820, which was arranged and guaranteed by the British East India
Company, the Bhumia of Nimkhera state held the village of
Tirla in hereditary succession. He was also accountable for all robberies
between the territories of Sultanpur and Dhar under penalty of forfeiture to
Dhar. The native ruler of Nimkhera received tanka payments from the princely
state of Gwalior,
the princely state of Indore and the princely state of Dhar.
In the years 1886
and 1903, the British Government of India recognized the right of the local
government of Dhar to implement jurisdiction in the guaranteed thakurats and
bhumiats subordinate to it. After the of the local government was recognized,
the administration of Dhar state conceded limited civil and criminal
jurisdictional authority to the estateholders who were deemed competent of
exercising them, including the territory of Nimkhera (Tirla).
The last ruler of the princely state,
Thakur Saheb Ganga Singh, who was the 19th in his line since the establishment
of the estate, acceded his state to the newly formed Union of India, also known as
Dominion of India, after the nation gained independence on 15th August
1947. The privy purse of the state was fixed at 47,011 Rupees.
Revenue Stamp :-
Type-10
- 1940, Size of stamp 20x22 mm.
One Anna, Red plum , Ref. # 101
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