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VILLAGES: x
AREA: km2
LOCATION: x
REVENUE: 12,000Rs
DYNASTY: Muslim Chitpawan Brahmin
ACCESSION: xx
RELIGION: Muslim
PRESENT RULER: Nawab UMAR ALI Bahadur, present Nawab Bahadur of Banda (died?)
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The Nawabs of Banda are descended from Peshwa Baji Rao I, the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. Estate holders were....
Peshwa Baji Rao I [Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhatt] 1719/1740, born 18th August 1699, is said to have fought over 36 battles without losing one, he moved the administrative capital of the Maratha Empire from Satara to the new city of Pune in 1728; married (a) Rani Kashibai, married (b), Rani Radhabai, and had issue, as well as issue by his mistress, Mastani Begum Sahiba, daughter of Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela of Orchha through his Persian Muslim mistress Ruhani Bai Begum.(#1) He died 25th April 1740 and was cremated on 28th April 1740 at Raverkhed on the Narmada river.
Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao [Nana Saheb] (by Rani Radhabai) (see Peshwa)
Peshwa Raghunath Rao (see Peshwa)
Shrimant Janardan Rao, died young.
Shrimant Sadashiv Rao, died 14th January 1761.
Nawab Shamsher Bahadur I of Banda (by Mastani) (qv)
Nawab Shamsher Bahadur I [Krishna Rao], Nawab of Banda, born 1734, married and had issue. He died 14th January 1761 in Bharatpur Raj.
Nawab Ali Bahadur I (qv)
Nawab Ali Bahadur I, Nawab of Banda 1790/1802, born 1758, married and had issue. He died 28th August 1802.
Nawab Shamsher Bahadur II (qv)
Nawab Zulfikar Ali (qv)
[?Raja Jagat Bahadur fl.1833]
Nawab Shamsher Bahadur II, Nawab of Banda 1802/1823, born 1788, died 1823.
Nawab Zulfikar Ali Bahadur, Nawab of Banda 1823/1849, born 1800, married and had issue. He died 1849.
Nawab Ali Bahadur II (qv)
Nawab Ali Bahadur II, Nawab of Banda 1849/1858, born 1835, married and had issue, three sons. He died 1873.
Nawab Shamsher Bahadur III (qv)
Nawab Shamsher Bahadur III, Nawab of Banda 1873/1923, born 1873, died 1923.
Nawab Ahsaan Ali Bahadur, Nawab of Banda 1923/1971, born 1889, died 1971.
Nawab Saif Ali Bahadur, Nawab of Banda 1971/1974, born 1890, died 1974 in Sehore, M.P.
Nawab Umar Ali Bahadur, Nawab of Banda 1974/-
Masani Begum Sahiba
Born 1699, died aged 40 in year 1740 at Pabal village near Pune.
1. There are several theories as to her origins, she was either a daughter of the Nizam of Hyderabad or just a singer at his court, the most likely origin being as given above. She is generally referred to as the mistress of the Peshwa but was a legally married wife, though in contravention of Brahmin traditional law.
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