Mastani was the second wife of Bajirao. She bore him a son, named Krishanrao, but the brahmins did not eccept him as a pure brahmin since his mother was a Muslim lady, Mastani was also the single biggest complication in Bajirao’s personal life. Their love affair caused much rift in the orthodox Pune society of the time and led to a major crisis within the Peshwa family.Bajirao ardently desired that his son by Mastani be invested with the sacred thread and be declared a brahmin.

But even the powerful Bajirao could not get the orthodox Pune brahmin priests to agree. With a heavy heart he had to bring up the lad as a muslim Named Shamsher Bahadur, Bajirao and Mastani’s son died , aged barely 27, fighting valiantly for the Marathas in the Battle of Panipat. Shamsher Bahadur’s son, Ali Bahadur ruled over Baji Rao’s lands in Bundelkhand, and founded the state of Banda, UP.

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