Shamsher Bahadur I (Krishna Rao): Difference between revisions

| predecessor  = [[Baji Rao I]], Peshwa of [[Maratha Empire]]

| death_date  = {{date of death and age|1761|1|18|1734|df=y}}, [[Bharatpur, India|Bharatpur]], [[India]]. 

| father      = [[Baji Rao I]]

'''Krishna Rao''' (1734 – 18 January 1761), also known as '''Shamsher Bahadur I''', was a ruler of the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] dominion of [[Banda (state)|Banda]] in northern [[India]]. He was the son of [[Bajirao I]] and [[Mastani]].<ref name="BSR_2005">{{cite book |author=Bhawan Singh Rana |title=Rani of Jhansi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0hKthqa2kkQC&pg=PA22 |date=1 January 2005 |publisher=Diamond |isbn=978-81-288-0875-3 |pages=22–23}}</ref><ref name="Chid_1951">{{cite book |author=Chidambaram S. Srinivasachari (dewan bahadur) |title=The Inwardness of British Annexations in India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E0bRAAAAMAAJ |year=1951 |publisher=University of Madras |page=219 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Rosemary Crill |author2=Kapil Jariwala |title=The Indian Portrat, 1560–1860 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ongF6dkNKAcC&pg=PA162 |year=2010 |publisher=Mapin Publishing Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-81-89995-37-9 |page=162 }}</ref>

Krishna Rao was the son of [[Maratha Peshwa and Generals from Bhat Family|Peshwa]] Baji Rao I and his second wife Mastani, daughter of [[Chhatrasal]] and his Persian Muslim wife, Ruhani Bai. Bajirao wanted him to be accepted as a [[Hindu]] [[Brahmin]], but because of his mother's [[Muslim]] heritage, Brahmin 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 family, even though many Maratha nobles and chiefs didn't recognize Mastani as a legitimate wife of the Peshwa.<ref name="BSR_2005" />  

After the death of both Baji Rao and Mastani in 1740, Shamsher was taken into the household of [[Kashibai]], Baji Rao's widow, and raised as one of her own. He married Laal Kunwar on 14 January 1749 and soon after her death in 1753, Shamsher Bahadur was married to Mehrambai on 18 October 1753. Shamsher Bahadur had one son by Mehrambai named Krishna Sinh later known Ali Bahadur. He was his successor as [[Subedar]] of Banda.  

His son and successor Shamsher Bahadur II held allegiance towards the Maratha polity and fought the English in the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War|Anglo-Maratha War of 1803]]<ref name="google2" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ViSYYQZZWEcC&q=nawab+of+banda+ali+bahadur&pg=PA11 |title=Fall of the Mughal Empire: 1789-1803 - Jadunath Sarkar |date=1992-01-01 |isbn=9780861317493 |accessdate=2015-06-21|last1=Sarkar |first1=Jadunath }}</ref> His descendant Ali Bahadur fought alongside [[Rani Lakshmibai]] in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|First War of Indian Independence of 1857]]. After his defeat, Banda state was abolished.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/muslim-sons-of-a-brahmin-peshwa-11575604090939.html|title = Muslim sons of a Brahmin 'Peshwa'|date = 6 December 2019}}</ref> The present day descendants of Shamsher Bahadur live in Central India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marwah |first1=Ritu |title=Mastani's Son, Shamsher Bahadur I |url=https://indiacurrents.com/mastanis-son-shamsher-bahadur-i/ |issue=December 22 |publisher=indiacurrents.com |date=2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ganeshan |first1=Ranjita |title=Why Bajirao Mastani has upset two families |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/why-bajirao-mastani-has-upset-two-families-115121101048_1.html |accessdate=27 February 2020 |work=Business Standard |issue=December 12, 2015 |date=2015}}</ref>

In the 2015 film ''[[Bajirao Mastani]]'' he was referenced and his naming ceremony was shown. In the 2019 film ''[[Panipat (film)|Panipat]]'', Shamsher Bahadur I was played by [[Sahil Salathia]].