Kashibai

Kashibai Bajirao Ballal
Peshwin Kashibai
Peshwin of the Maratha Empire
Tenure17 April 1720 – 28 April 1740
PredecessorRadhabai Barve
SuccessorGopikabai
Peshwin Dowager of the Maratha Empire
Tenure28 April 1740 – 27 November 1758
PredecessorRadhabai Barve (mother of Bajirao I)
SuccessorGopikabai
BornKashibai Joshi
(1703-10-19)19 October 1703
Chaas Village, Pune, Maratha Empire
Died27 November 1758(1758-11-27) (aged 55)
Satara, Maratha Empire, Bharath (India)
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(m. 1720; died 1740)​
Issue
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FatherMahadji Joshi
MotherShiubai
ReligionHinduism

Kashibai was the first wife of Bajirao I, the Peshwa (Prime Minister) to the fourth Maratha Chhatrapati (Emperor) Shahu. With Bajirao, she had four children, including Balaji Baji Rao and Ragunath Rao. Balaji succeeded Bajirao as Peshwa upon the latter's death in 1740. Also following Bajirao's death, Kashibai fostered her step-son, Shamsher Bahadur, whose mother was Bajirao's second wife, Mastani.[1][2]

  1. ^ Mehta, Jaswant Lal (2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707–1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 124. ISBN 9781932705546.
  2. ^ Rap;son, Edward James; Burn, Sir Richard (1965). The Cambridge History of India. CUP Archive. p. 407.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)