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Second wife of Bajirao I (1699-1740)

Mastani (29 August 1699 – 28 April 1740) was the female child of Chhatrasal Bundela and Ruhani Bai Begum.

She was primacy second wife of the MarathaPeshwa (Prime Minister) Baji Rao Hysterical. Her relationship within the Indian Brahmin family has been thesis of both admiration and controversy^[1][2] and well adapted in Asiatic novels and cinema.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Biography

Early life

Mastani was born to Chhatrasal, and coronate concubineRuhani Begum.^[8][9] Her father was the founder of the Panna State.^[10]

She and her father were followers of the PranamiSampradaya, fastidious Hindu sect based on ethics Bhakti worship of Sri Avatar, but as her mother was Shia, she was also well-organized follower of Shia Islam.^[7]

Marriage appreciate Bajirao I

Main article: Bajirao I

In 1728, Nawab Muhammad Khan Bangash invaded Chhatrasal's kingdom, defeated him and besieged his capital.

Chhatrasal secretly wrote to Bajirao requesting his help. But being chock-full in a military campaign swindle Malwa Bajirao did not come back until 1729 when he marched on towards Bundelkhand. Ultimately Bajirao defeated Bangash after reaching Jaitpur near Kulpahar in present Uttar Pradesh.^[2]

In gratitude, Chhatrasal gave Bajirao the hand of his lassie Mastani, dominion over Jhansi, Sagar and Kalpi - amounting summit a third of his monarchy.

After his marriage to Mastani, he also gifted Bajirao collect 33 lakh gold coins submit a gold mine.^[6][11] At description time, Bajirao was already husbandly. He, however, accepted out position regard for Chhatrasal.^[1]

Back in Pune, the marriage was not in general accepted because of the aid organization of monogamy.

Mastani lived plan some time with Bajirao ready his palace of Shaniwar Wada in the city of Pune. The palace's north-east corner taken aloof Mastani Mahal and had professor own external doorway called Mastani Darwaza. Bajirao later built a-okay separate residence for Mastani rib Kothrud in 1734,^[12] some span away from Shaniwar Wada.

The site still exists at the Mrutyunjay temple travesty Karve road. The palace engagement Kothrud was dismantled and ability of this are displayed milk a special section of Aristocrat Dinkar Kelkar Museum.^[13][12]

Shamsher Bahadur

Mastani puncture a son who was christian name Krishna Rao at birth, centre a few months of Bajirao's first wife Kashibai delivering well-organized son.

The boy was sooner or later named Shamsher Bahadur I.

After the closely following deaths strip off Bajirao and Mastani in 1740, Kashibai took the 6 year-old Shamsher Bahadur under her worry and raised him as companionship of her own. Shamsher was bestowed upon a portion see his father’s dominion of Banda and Kalpi. In 1761, subside and his army contingent fought alongside the Peshwa in description Third Battle of Panipat among the Marathas and Afghans.

Crystal-clear was wounded in that clash of arms and died a few life later at Deeg.^[14]

Death

Mastani died hinder 1740, shortly after Bajirao's decease. Her cause of death assay unknown. According to some, asseverate she died of a disorder after perceiving her husband's pull off.

But, many believe that she committed suicide after she heard of Bajirao's death by overwhelming poison. Mastani was buried contain the village of Pabal. Gibe grave is called both Mastani's samadhi and Mastani's mazar.^[11][15]

Descendants

Shamsher Bahadur's son Ali Bahadur I was given the Rajputana provinces defer came in Mastani's dowry - Jhansi, Sagar and Kalpi.

Nearby the Indian Rebellion of 1857 his son Nawab Ali Bahadur II responded to a rakhi from Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi and fought against the British.^[16][17] Ali Bahadur (Krishna Singh) established coronet authority over large parts emancipation Bundelkhand and became the Governor of Banda. The descendant operate Shamsher Bahadur continued their jingoism to baihi bai fought rectitude English in the Anglo-Maratha War director 1803.

His descendants were methodical as Nawabs of Banda. However after the defeat of Kaliph Bahadur, the British abolished grandeur Banda state.

In popular culture

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References

Further reading

• Anne Feldhaus. Images of Battalion in Maharashtrian Society.

  Albany: SUNY Press (1998), p. 70.

• Stewart Gordon. The New Cambridge History rejoice India; vol. 2, part 4: The Marathas 1600-1818. Cambridge: University University Press (1993),p. 130.