After her husband's death, Shamshad Begum began living with her daughter and son-in-law in Mumbai, first in south Mumbai and later at Hiranandani Gardens in the Powai neighbourhood.
By nature, she preferred to keep away from the public glare and from business dealings, taking the view that it was rather unseemly for a lady to be involved in such things. Indeed, while Shamshad Begum was both an outstanding singer and a successful famous one, she was at some deeper level always a wife and mother first, someone who instinctively prioritised her family over her career. After his death, Shamshad became listless and lost the fighting spirit to pursue her career, which registered a sharp decline thereafter. He had handled many aspects of her career and contracts and had been a major positive energy behind her career progression. His death left Shamshad very distraught, because her husband had been the focus of her life and they had both been extremely devoted to each other. In 1955, Ganpal Lal Batto died suddenly in a road accident.
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