Nikam is a last name found in Hindu Maratha, Kunbi, and Bhil communities of Maharashtra. The Kunbi Nikams are often called Maratha traders or Kunams or Kunbi vanis.[1][2][3]
Notables edit
- Yesaji Kank
- Raja Allashakti Nikumbha ( Nikam )
- Sardar Vajoji Nikam, was Sardar of Chhatrapati Shahu I of Satara.
- Sardar Subhanji Nikam, was Sardar of Chhatrapati Shahu I of Satara.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Pathak, Arunchandra S. (1976). Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Ahmednagar. Director of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. p. 201,245.
- ^ Thomas Edmund Farnsworth Wright; Oxford University Press (15 November 2006). A dictionary of world history. Oxford University Press. pp. 401–. ISBN 978-0-19-920247-8. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ K. S. Singh; Anthropological Survey of India (1998). India's Communities. Oxford University Press. p. 1903. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
Kunbi[...]Bomle , Kadu , Wag , Baroda , Jane , Korde , Nikam , Dhole , Sete
Further reading edit
- Sushil Mittal (2003). Surprising bedfellows: Hindus and Muslims in medieval and early modern India. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-0673-0. Retrieved 20 May 2011.