This work deals with the development of a new 'intelligent monkey king evolution (IMKE) algorithm' for maximum power peak (MPP) detection under partially shaded solar photovoltaic (SPV) conditions. The major advantages of the developed technique are simple in implementation, population free, extremely less memory requirement, zero algorithms constant dependence, fast convergence and perfect structure for the cheaper microcontroller. The proposed algorithm is performed on 10 types of power-voltage (P-V) pattern of partially shaded SPV array. Moreover, in the first stage, it is tested in MATLAB simulator after that verified on a developed hardware as well as compared with the state of the art methods. The satisfactory steady-state and dynamic performances of the IMKE algorithm at partially shaded SPV array shows the superiority over the state of the art control methods. © 2016 IEEE.