Umabai Dabhade

Umabai Dabhade
Born	Not known Abhone, Nasik, India
Died	28 November 1753 Pune, Maharashtra, India
Spouse	Khande Rao Dabhade
Issue	Trimbak Rao Dabhade
Clan	Dabhade
Father	Devrao Thoke Deshmukh

Umabai Dabhade (Marathi: उमाबाईसाहेब खंडेराव दाभाडे) was a prominent member of the Maratha Dabhade clan. The members of her family held the hereditary title senapati (commander-in-chief), and controlled several territories in Gujarat. After the deaths of her husband Khande Rao and her son Trimbak Rao, she exercised executive powers while her minor son Yashwant Rao remained the titular senapati. Her unsuccessful rebellion against Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao resulted in the downfall of the Dabhade family.

Umabai Dabhade was the daughter of Abhonkar Devrao Thoke Deshmukh. She married Khanderao Dabhade, and was the youngest of his three wives. The couple had three sons (Trimbakrao, Yashwantrao, and Sawai Baburao) and three daughters (Shahbai, Durgabai, and Anandibai). In 1710, Umabai built 470 steps on the hill to reach the temple of the goddess Saptashringi near Nashik.

Umabai's husband Khande Rao was the Maratha senapati (commander-in-chief) under Chhattrapati Shahu. After his death in 1729, their son Trimbak Rao Dabhade became the senapati. The Dabhades had raided the rich province of Gujarat several times, and taxes (chauth and sardeshmukhi) from that province were an important source of revenue for them. When Shahu's Peshwa (prime-minister) Bajirao I decided to take over tax collection from Gujarat, the Dabhades rebelled against the Chhattrapati and the Peshwa. Bajirao defeated and killed Trimbak Rao at the battle of Dabhoi in 1731.

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