Mastani
Sign in to saveMastani (29 August 1699 – 28 April 1740) was the daughter of Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela of Bundelkhand. She was the second wife of the Maratha Peshwa (Prime Minister) Baji Rao I. The marriage was arranged to promote diplomatic ties with the Maratha Empire. Her relationship within the Maratha Brahmin family has been subject of both admiration and controversy and well adapted in Indian novels and cinema.
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Key facts
- Royalty.title
- MaharaniPrincess of Bundelkhand
- Royalty.name
- Mastani
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- Mastani 28tt13.jpg
- Royalty.alt
- An art impression of Mastani
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- A portrait of Mastani (dated 18th century)
- Royalty.birth_date
- 29 August 1699
- Royalty.birth_place
- Mausahaniya, Agra Subah, Mughal Empire (modern-day Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India)
- Royalty.death_place
- Pabal, Pune, Maratha Empire (modern-day Maharashtra, India)
- Royalty.burial_place
- Pabal, Maharashtra, India
- Royalty.religion
- Shia Islam
- Royalty.house
- Bundela (by birth) Bhat (by marriage)
- Royalty.father
- Chhatrasal
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Mastani (29 August 1699 – 28 April 1740) was the daughter of Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela of Bundelkhand. She was the second wife of the Maratha Peshwa (Prime Minister) Baji Rao I. The marriage was arranged to promote diplomatic ties with the Maratha Empire. Her relationship within the Maratha Brahmin family has been subject of both admiration and controversy and well adapted in Indian novels and cinema.
==Biography== ===Early life=== Mastani was born to Chhatrasal, and his Persian concubine Ruhani Begum. Her father was the founder of the Panna State. She and her father were followers of the Pranami Sampradaya, a Hindu sect based on the Bhakti worship of Sri Krishna, but as her mother was Sunni, she was also a follower of Sunni Islam.