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{{short description|Second wife of Sadashivrao Bhau}}
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{{Infobox person
|honorific_prefix ='''''[[Maratha titles#Titles used by the Maratha Royals|Peshwin]]'''''
|name = Parvati
|honorific_suffix = '''[[Bai (suffix)|Bai]]'''
|image =
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1734|04|06}}
|birth_place = [[Phaltan]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1763|09|23|1734|04|06}}
|death_place = [[Satara (city)|Satara]]
|spouse = [[Sadashivrao Bhau]]
|other_names =
|known_for =
|occupation = Wife and administrator
|nationality =
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{{Infobox royalty
|name = Parvati
|house = Kolhatkar (by birth)<br>[[Bhat]] (by marriage)}}
'''Parvatibai''' (6 April 1734 – 23 September 1763) was second wife of [[Sadashivrao Bhau]]. She was from Kolhatkar family of Pen and was married to Sadashivrao Bhau after the death of his first wife Umabai and hence became a member of the [[Peshwa]] family. She was also a trusted confidante of [[Shahuji]]. Her niece Radhikabai was married to [[Vishwasrao]].

==Panipat Campaign==
When the Marathas's under Sadashivrao went to North India she escorted her husband. On the way to Panipat she performed pilgrimage at [[Mathura]] and [[Vrindavan]] along with [[Nana Phadnavis]] and other women folks in Maratha camp. She was present in the final battle fought on 14 January 1761 and was successfully led out of the battlefield by some loyal men of [[Sadashivrao Bhau]]. She accidentally met [[Malharrao Holkar]] on her escape route, who carried her off safely to south of river Chambal.<ref>Third Battle of Panipat by Abhas Verma {{ISBN|9788180903397}} Bharatiya Kala Prakashan</ref>

== Death of her Husband and aftermath ==
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Her husband, [[Sadashivrao Bhau]] died in the [[Third Battle of Panipat]]. For the rest of her life she refused to be a Widow (as she had promised her husband before the battle).{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}

== Death ==
She saw many ups and downs in the [[Maratha Empire]] and died when [[Madhavrao I]] was in power. She died in Pune due to [[Pneumonia]] and was treated as Sati of [[Sadashivrao Bhau]] after her death. She was cremated in Pune, however, the Marathas were not in a state to erect any monument of her. Her after-death rituals were done at her hometown, Pen.

== In popular culture ==
*Parvatibai was played by [[Shruti Marathe]] in the 2014 Marathi language movie ''[[Rama Madhav]]''
*In the 2019 [[Hindi]] film, ''[[Panipat (film)|Panipat]]'', she was portrayed by [[Kriti Sanon]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kriti Sanon wraps up the shoot of Panipat; shares a note thanking Arjun Kapoor and Ashutosh Gowariker |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/kriti-sanon-wraps-up-the-shoot-of-panipat-shares-a-note-thanking-arjun-kapoor-and-ashutosh-gowariker/445953 |publisher=ZoomTV|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref>
*Uma Hrishikesh portrays Parvatibai in the 2019 Marathi language series ''Swamini''

==References==
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[[Category:1734 births]]
[[Category:1763 deaths]]
[[Category:Women of the Maratha Empire]]
[[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]]
[[Category:Infectious disease deaths in India]]

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