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	'''Baji Rao I''' (18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740), born as '''Visaji''',<ref name="GSC_2005">{{cite book \|last=Chhabra \|first=G. S. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkDi6rVbckoC \|title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India (Volume 1: 1707–1813) \|publisher=Lotus Press \|year=2005 \|edition=Revised \|orig-year=1971 \|isbn=978-81-89093-06-8 \|page=19}}</ref> also known as '''Bajirao Ballal''',<ref>{{cite book \|first=Sandhya \|last=Gokhale \|title=The Chitpavans: social ascendancy of a creative minority in Maharashtra, 1818–1918 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ez4wAQAAIAAJ \|year=2008 \|publisher=Shubhi \|isbn=978-81-8290-132-2 \|page=82 }}</ref> was the 7th [[Peshwa]] of the [[Maratha empire]]. He is widely considered as the greatest Indian cavalry general.<ref>{{Cite news\|first=Anil A. \|last=Athale\|title=Why Bajirao is India's greatest cavalry general\|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/column/why-bajirao-is-indias-greatest-cavalry-general/20151223.htm\|work=rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Celebrating Bajirao, the legendary warrior in Indian history who never lost a battle in his life\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/celebrating-bajirao-the-legendary-warrior-in-indian-history-who-never-lost-a-battle-in-his-life-1317490-2018-08-18\|url-status=live\|archive-date=18 August 2018\|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> His relationship with his Muslim wife, a subject of controversy,<ref name=~~Mehta05~~/><ref name=~~"GSC_2005"~~/> has been adapted in Indian novels and cinema.<ref>{{citation \|title=Peshwa Bajirao Review: Anuja Sathe shines as Radhabai in the period drama \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/peshwa-bajirao-review-anuja-sathe-shines-as-radha-bai-in-the-period-drama-lifetv/1/866331.html \|work=[[India Today]] \|date=25 January 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Jha\|first=Subhash K\|title=Bajirao Mastani review: This gloriously epic Priyanka, Deepika and Ranveer-starrer is the best film of 2015\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/bajirao-mastani-review-this-is-the-best-film-of-2015-2550464.html\|publisher=[[Firstpost]]\|date=19 October 2015\|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xn43DQAAQBAJ\|title=Rau – The Great Love Story of Bajirao Mastani\|last=Inamdar\|first=N. S.\|date=20 October 2016\|publisher=Pan Macmillan\|isbn=978-1-5098-5227-7\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Baji Rao I''' (18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740), born as '''Visaji''',<ref name="GSC_2005">{{cite book \|last=Chhabra \|first=G. S. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkDi6rVbckoC \|title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India (Volume 1: 1707–1813) \|publisher=Lotus Press \|year=2005 \|edition=Revised \|orig-year=1971 \|isbn=978-81-89093-06-8 \|page=19}}</ref> also known as '''Bajirao Ballal''',<ref>{{cite book \|first=Sandhya \|last=Gokhale \|title=The Chitpavans: social ascendancy of a creative minority in Maharashtra, 1818–1918 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ez4wAQAAIAAJ \|year=2008 \|publisher=Shubhi \|isbn=978-81-8290-132-2 \|page=82 }}</ref> was the 7th [[Peshwa]] of the [[Maratha empire]]. He is widely considered as the greatest Indian cavalry general.<ref>{{Cite news\|first=Anil A. \|last=Athale\|title=Why Bajirao is India's greatest cavalry general\|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/column/why-bajirao-is-indias-greatest-cavalry-general/20151223.htm\|work=rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Celebrating Bajirao, the legendary warrior in Indian history who never lost a battle in his life\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/celebrating-bajirao-the-legendary-warrior-in-indian-history-who-never-lost-a-battle-in-his-life-1317490-2018-08-18\|url-status=live\|archive-date=18 August 2018\|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> His relationship with his Muslim wife, a subject of controversy,<ref name="GSC_2005"/><ref name=Mehta05/> has been adapted in Indian novels and cinema.<ref name="India Today">{{citation \|title=Peshwa Bajirao Review: Anuja Sathe shines as Radhabai in the period drama \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/peshwa-bajirao-review-anuja-sathe-shines-as-radha-bai-in-the-period-drama-lifetv/1/866331.html \|work=[[India Today]] \|date=25 January 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Jha\|first=Subhash K\|title=Bajirao Mastani review: This gloriously epic Priyanka, Deepika and Ranveer-starrer is the best film of 2015\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/bajirao-mastani-review-this-is-the-best-film-of-2015-2550464.html\|publisher=[[Firstpost]]\|date=19 October 2015\|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Inamdar">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xn43DQAAQBAJ\|title=Rau – The Great Love Story of Bajirao Mastani\|last=Inamdar\|first=N. S.\|date=20 October 2016\|publisher=Pan Macmillan\|isbn=978-1-5098-5227-7\|language=en}}</ref>

	Baji Rao is the most celebrated personality after Shivaji in the history of the Maratha Empire. His achievements are establishing Maratha supremacy in South and political hegemony in North. During his 20-year career as Peshwa, he defeated [[Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I\|Nizam-ul-Mulk]] at the [[Battle of Palkhed]] and responsible for establishment of Maratha power in Malwa, Bundelkhand, Gujarat, as redeemer of Konkan from Siddis of Janjira and liberator of western coast from the rule of Portuguese.		Baji Rao is the most celebrated personality after Shivaji in the history of the Maratha Empire. His achievements are establishing Maratha supremacy in South and political hegemony in North. During his 20-year career as Peshwa, he defeated [[Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I\|Nizam-ul-Mulk]] at the [[Battle of Palkhed]] and responsible for establishment of Maratha power in Malwa, Bundelkhand, Gujarat, as redeemer of Konkan from Siddis of Janjira and liberator of western coast from the rule of Portuguese.
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Baji Rao's first wife was [[Kashibai]], the daughter of Mahadji Krishna Joshi and Shiubai of [[Chas, Khed\|Chas]] (a wealthy banking family).<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ez4wAQAAIAAJ&q=kashibai \| title=The Chitpavans: social ascendancy of a creative minority in Maharashtra, 1818–1918 \| publisher=Sandhya Gokhale \| first=Sandhya \| last=Gokhale \| year=2008 \| page=82 \| isbn=9788182901322}}</ref> Baji Rao always treated his wife Kashibai with love and respect.<ref name="Mishra" /> Their relationship was a happy one.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Mehta \|first=Jaswant Lal \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC \|title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India: 1707 – 1813 \|year=2005 \|publisher=New Dawn Press \|location=New Delhi \|isbn=9781932705546 \|page=124}}</ref><ref name="Mishra">{{cite news\|last1=Mishra\|first1=Garima\|title=Tracing Kashibai: The 'first' lady from Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/kashibai-the-first-lady/\|access-date=30 July 2017\|work=The Indian Express\|date=3 January 2016}}</ref>		Baji Rao's first wife was [[Kashibai]], the daughter of Mahadji Krishna Joshi and Shiubai of [[Chas, Khed\|Chas]] (a wealthy banking family).<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ez4wAQAAIAAJ&q=kashibai \| title=The Chitpavans: social ascendancy of a creative minority in Maharashtra, 1818–1918 \| publisher=Sandhya Gokhale \| first=Sandhya \| last=Gokhale \| year=2008 \| page=82 \| isbn=9788182901322}}</ref> Baji Rao always treated his wife Kashibai with love and respect.<ref name="Mishra" /> Their relationship was a happy one.<ref name="Mishra">{{cite news\|last1=Mishra\|first1=Garima\|title=Tracing Kashibai: The 'first' lady from Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/kashibai-the-first-lady/\|access-date=30 July 2017\|work=The Indian Express\|date=3 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last=Mehta \|first=Jaswant Lal \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC \|title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India: 1707 – 1813 \|year=2005 \|publisher=New Dawn Press \|location=New Delhi \|isbn=9781932705546 \|page=124}}</ref>
	They had three sons [[Balaji Baji Rao]] (also called Nanasaheb), [[Raghunath Rao]] (also called Ragoba) and Janardhan Rao, who died at an early age.<ref>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qWbaAAAAMAAJ \|title=Begams, concubines, and memsahibs \|first=B. P. \|last=Saha \|publisher=Vikas \|year=1997 \|page=88 \|isbn=9788125902850 }}</ref> Nanasaheb was appointed Peshwa by Shahu in 1740, succeeding his father.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Sardesai \|first=Govind Sakharam \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32142/ \|title=New History of the Marathas: The expansion of the Maratha power, 1707-1772 \|date=1946 \|publisher=Phoenix Publications \|page=189}}</ref>		They had three sons [[Balaji Baji Rao]] (also called Nanasaheb), [[Raghunath Rao]] (also called Ragoba) and Janardhan Rao, who died at an early age.<ref>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qWbaAAAAMAAJ \|title=Begams, concubines, and memsahibs \|first=B. P. \|last=Saha \|publisher=Vikas \|year=1997 \|page=88 \|isbn=9788125902850 }}</ref> Nanasaheb was appointed Peshwa by Shahu in 1740, succeeding his father.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Sardesai \|first=Govind Sakharam \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32142/ \|title=New History of the Marathas: The expansion of the Maratha power, 1707-1772 \|date=1946 \|publisher=Phoenix Publications \|page=189}}</ref>

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	*''Bajirao Mastani'', a 1925 Indian silent film about the Peshwa directed by Nanubhai B. Desai and [[Bhalji Pendharkar]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book\|last1=Rajadhyaksha\|first1=Ashish\|last2=Willemen\|first2=Paul\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema\|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja\|url-access=registration\|access-date=12 August 2012\|year=1999\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>		*''Bajirao Mastani'', a 1925 Indian silent film about the Peshwa directed by Nanubhai B. Desai and [[Bhalji Pendharkar]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book\|last1=Rajadhyaksha\|first1=Ashish\|last2=Willemen\|first2=Paul\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema\|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja\|url-access=registration\|access-date=12 August 2012\|year=1999\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
	*''[[Rau (novel)\|Rau]]'', a 1972 fictional [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] [[novel]] by [[Nagnath S. Inamdar]], featured a love story of Baji Rao I and Mastani.<ref~~>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xn43DQAAQBAJ\|title=Rau – The Great Love Story of Bajirao Mastani\|last~~=Inamdar~~\|first=N. S.\|date=20 October 2016\|publisher=Pan Macmillan\|isbn=978-1-5098-5227-7\|language=en}}<~~/~~ref~~>		*''[[Rau (novel)\|Rau]]'', a 1972 fictional [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] [[novel]] by [[Nagnath S. Inamdar]], featured a love story of Baji Rao I and Mastani.<ref name="Inamdar"/>
	* ''Mastani'', 1955 film directed by Dhirubhai Desai. It starred [[Nigar Sultana (actress)\|Nigar Sultana]], Manher Desai, [[Shahu Modak]] and [[Agha (actor)\|Agha]].<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha\|author2=Paul Willemen\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT278\|date=10 July 2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9\|page=278}}</ref>		* ''Mastani'', 1955 film directed by Dhirubhai Desai. It starred [[Nigar Sultana (actress)\|Nigar Sultana]], Manher Desai, [[Shahu Modak]] and [[Agha (actor)\|Agha]].<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha\|author2=Paul Willemen\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT278\|date=10 July 2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9\|page=278}}</ref>
	*The 2015 historical drama film ''[[Bajirao Mastani]]'', directed by [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]], starred [[Ranveer Singh]] as Baji Rao I.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Jha\|first=Subhash K\|title=Bajirao Mastani review: This gloriously epic Priyanka, Deepika and Ranveer-starrer is the best film of 2015\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/bajirao-mastani-review-this-is-the-best-film-of-2015-2550464.html\|publisher=[[Firstpost]]\|date=19 October 2015\|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref>		*The 2015 historical drama film ''[[Bajirao Mastani]]'', directed by [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]], starred [[Ranveer Singh]] as Baji Rao I.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Jha\|first=Subhash K\|title=Bajirao Mastani review: This gloriously epic Priyanka, Deepika and Ranveer-starrer is the best film of 2015\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/bajirao-mastani-review-this-is-the-best-film-of-2015-2550464.html\|publisher=[[Firstpost]]\|date=19 October 2015\|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref>
	* ''Shrimant Peshwa Bajirao Mastani'', another Indian TV series broadcast on [[ETV Marathi]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Chari \|first1=Mridula \|title=Historians know very little about Mastani—or her relationship with Bajirao \|url=https://qz.com/india/575194/historians-know-very-little-about-mastani-or-her-relationship-with-bajirao/ \|website=[[Quartz India]] \|language=en \|date=December 16, 2015}}</ref>		* ''Shrimant Peshwa Bajirao Mastani'', another Indian TV series broadcast on [[ETV Marathi]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Chari \|first1=Mridula \|title=Historians know very little about Mastani—or her relationship with Bajirao \|url=https://qz.com/india/575194/historians-know-very-little-about-mastani-or-her-relationship-with-bajirao/ \|website=[[Quartz India]] \|language=en \|date=December 16, 2015}}</ref>
	* ''[[Peshwa Bajirao (TV series)\|Peshwa Bajirao]]'', a 2017 TV series starring Rudra Soni as young Baji Rao and [[Karan Suchak]] as the adult Baji Rao, aired on [[Sony TV]].<ref~~>{{citation \|title~~=Peshwa Bajirao Review: Anuja Sathe shines as Radhabai in the period drama \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/peshwa-bajirao-review-anuja-sathe-shines-as-radha-bai-in-the-period-drama-lifetv/1/866331.html \|work=[[India Today~~]] \|date=25 January 2017 }}<~~/~~ref~~>		* ''[[Peshwa Bajirao (TV series)\|Peshwa Bajirao]]'', a 2017 TV series starring Rudra Soni as young Baji Rao and [[Karan Suchak]] as the adult Baji Rao, aired on [[Sony TV]].<ref name="India Today"/>

	==See also==		==See also==

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