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Bajirao I
Summary
Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Shrimant Peshwa
| office = 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy
| image = Bajirao I painting.jpg
| alt =
| image_size =
| caption = Portrait by an unknown artist
| monarch = Shahu I
| predecessor = Balaji Vishwanath
| successor = Balaji Bajirao
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Dubere, Sinnar, Maratha Empire (present-day Nashik, Maharashtra, India)
| death_date =
| death_place = Rawerkhedi, Maratha Confederacy (present-day Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh, India)
| spouse =
| relations =
| children = 5, including Balaji Baji Rao, Shamsher Bahadur and Raghunath Rao
| father = Balaji Vishwanath
| mother = Radhabai Barve
| term_start = 17 April 1720
| term_end = 28 April 1740
| name =
| Religion =
| birth_name = Visaji Bhat
| signature = Bajirao I signature.png
Bajirao I (Bajirao Ballal; bad͡ʒiɾaːʋ bəlːaːɭ;18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740), born as Visaji, was the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy. During his 20-year tenure as a Peshwa, he defeated Nizam-ul-Mulk at several battles like the Battle of Palkhed and Battle of Bhopal. Bajirao contributed to Maratha supremacy in Southern India and Northern India. Thus, he was responsible for establishing Maratha power in Gujarat, Malwa, Rajputana and Bundelkhand and liberating Konkan (in the western coast of India) from the Siddis of Janjira and Portuguese rule. He is considered as one of the greatest cavalry generals of India.
Baji Rao's relationship with his Muslim wife, a controversial subject, has been adapted in Indian novels and cinema.
Baji Rao was born into the Bhat Family in Sinnar, near Nashik. His father Balaji Vishwanath was the Peshwa of Shahu I and his mother was Radhabai Barve. Baji Rao had a younger brother, Chimaji Appa, and two younger sisters, Anubai and Bhiubai. Anubai was married to Venkatrao Ghorpade (Joshi) of Ichalkaranji and Bhiubai was married to Abaji Naik Joshi of Baramati.
Baji Rao spent his childhood in his father's newly acquired fiefdom of Saswad. He and Chimaji were very close.
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