Shamsher Bahadur I (Krishna Rao)

Shamsher Singh Bahadur (Krishna Baji Rao)
Jahagirdar of Banda and Kalpi,[1] Subedar of Jhansi
Maratha ruler of Banda
Reign 1753 - 1761
Predecessor Peshwa Bajirao I, Peshwa of Maratha India
Successor Ali Bahadur (Krishna Sinh), Nawab of Banda
Born 1734
Died 1761
Issue Ali Bahadur (Krishna Sinh)[2]
Full name
Shamsher Singh Bahadur (aka Krishna Rao/Krishnasinh)
House Banda (Maratha India)
Father Peshwa Bajirao I
Mother Mastani

Shamsher Bahadur (Krishna Rao) (1734 - 1761) also spelled as Samsher Bahadur, aka Krishnasinh, was a Maratha ruler of the dominion of Banda in northern India. He was the son of Peshwa Bajirao I and Mastani.[1][2][3]

Early life and Career

Shamsher Bahadur was born out of a controversial union between Peshwa Bajirao I and his second wife Mastani. Bajirao wanted him to be accepted as a Brahmin, but because of his mother's Muslim ancestry, the priests refused to conduct the Hindu upanayana ceremony for him. His education and military training was conducted in line with other sons of the Peshwa royal family, although Maratha nobles and chiefs did not recognize Mastani as a legitimate wife of the Peshwa.[1] Mastani died within a few days of Peshwa Bajirao's death. It is unknown if she committed suicide or died of shock after hearing the news about her husband's death. One folk tradition claims that she committed suicide by sati. Kashibai took Mastani's six-year-old son Shamsher Bahadur into her household and raised him as one of her own. He was bestowed upon a portion of his father’s dominion of Banda and Kalpi. In 1761, he and his army contingent were involved (fought alongside the Peshwa) in the Third Battle of Panipat between the Marathas and Afghans and died during the same battle.[4] Shamsher’s successor Ali Bahadur (Krishna Sinh) established his authority over large parts of Bundelkhand and became the Nawab of Banda. The descendents of Shamsher Bahadur continued their allegiance towards the Maratha polity and his grandson, Shamsher Bahadur II, fought the English in the Anglo-Maratha War of 1803.[5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bhawan Singh Rana (1 January 2005). Rani of Jhansi. Diamond. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-81-288-0875-3.
  2. 1 2 Chidambaram S. Srinivasachari (dewan bahadur) (1951). The Inwardness of British Annexations in India. University of Madras. p. 219.
  3. ↑ Rosemary Crill; Kapil Jariwala (2010). The Indian Portrait, 1560-1860. Mapin Publishing Pvt Ltd. p. 162. ISBN 978-81-89995-37-9.
  4. ↑ Henry Dodwell (1958). The Cambridge History of India: Turks and Afghans. CUP Archive. pp. 407–. GGKEY:96PECZLGTT6.
  5. ↑ Jadunath Sarkar (1 January 1992). Fall of the Mughal Empire: 1789-1803. Sangam. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-86131-749-3.

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