Ali Bahadur I

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{{Infobox royalty

| name = Ali Bahadur

| reign = 18 January 1761 – 1802

| full name = Ali Bahadur

| image = Ali Bahadur.jpg

| house = Banda (Maratha Empire)

| birth_date = 1758

| predecessor = Shamsher Bahadur, Jagirdar of Banda and Kalpi

| successor = Shamsher Bahadur II, Nawab of Banda

| succession = File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha ruler of Banda

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1802|1758}}

| title = Peshwa's Subedar of Banda

| father = Shamsher Bahadur I{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ongF6dkNKAcC&q=shamsher+bahadur+mastani&pg=PA162 |title=The Indian Portrait, 1560-1860 |isbn=9788189995379 |access-date=2015-06-21|last1=Crill |first1=Rosemary |last2=Jariwala |first2=Kapil |year=2010 |publisher=Mapin Publishing Pvt }}

| mother = Mehrambai

| religion = Shia Islam

}}

Ali Bahadur (1758–1802), also known as Krishna Sinha, was a Nawab of the dominion of Banda (present day Uttar Pradesh) in northern India, a vassal of the Peshwa. He was the son of Shamsher Bahadur I and the grandson of Peshwa Bajirao I.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E0bRAAAAMAAJ&q=shamsher+bahadur+subedar+jhansi |title=The Inwardness of British Annexations in India - Chidambaram S. Srinivasachari (dewan bahadur) |date=2009-02-12 |accessdate=2015-06-21 |last1=Srinivasachari |first1=Chidambaram S. }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ViSYYQZZWEcC&q=nawab+of+banda+ali+bahadur&pg=PA11 |title=Fall of the Mughal Empire: 1789-1803 - Jadunath Sarkar |date=1992-01-01 |isbn=9780861317493 |access-date=2015-06-21|last1=Sarkar |first1=Jadunath |publisher=Sangam }}

Under the auspices of the Maratha nobles, Ali Bahadur established his authority over large parts of Bundelkhand and became the Peshwa's Subedar of Banda. His son and successor Shamsher Bahadur II held allegiance towards the Maratha polity and fought the English in the Anglo-Maratha War of 1803.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ViSYYQZZWEcC&q=nawab+of+banda+ali+bahadur&pg=PA11 |title=Fall of the Mughal Empire: 1789-1803 - Jadunath Sarkar |date=1992-01-01 |isbn=9780861317493 |access-date=2015-06-21|last1=Sarkar |first1=Jadunath |publisher=Sangam }}