14 Facts About Yadavindra Singh

Yadavindra Singh served in the Patiala State Police, became its Inspector General and served in Malaya, Italy and Burma during the World War II.

Yadavindra Singh succeeded his father, Bhupinder Yadavindra Singh, as the Maharaja of Patiala on 23 March 1938 and subsequently married his second wife, Mehtab Kaur, in 1938.

Yadavindra Singh served as president of the Indian Olympic Association from 1938 to 1960.

Yadavindra Singh was instrumental in founding and organizing the Asian Games.

Yadavindra Singh was a noted horticulturist by passion and later served as chairman of Indian Horticulture Development Council.

Maharajas of Patiala and Faridkot, and Yadavindra Singh is quoted as having said "We won't leave a Muslim here" at a party with British officers.

Maharajas of Patiala and Faridkot, and Yadavindra Singh is quoted as having said "We won't leave a Muslim here" at a party with British officers.

Yadavindra Singh agreed to the incorporation of the Patiala State into India.

In 1956, Yadavindra Singh donated the Anand Bhawan, a 150 bigha palace, to the Government of Punjab.

Yadavindra Singh donated Moti Bagh Palace to the Government of India, which became the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports.

Yadavindra Singh was Rajpramukh of the new Indian state of Patiala and East Punjab States Union until it was merged with Punjab in 1956.

Yadavindra Singh continued his career from 1956 onwards, serving as Indian delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1956 to 1957 and to UNESCO in 1958.

Yadavindra Singh served as Indian Ambassador to Italy and as Indian Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1971 until 17 June 1974, when he died suddenly in office at The Hague from heart failure, age 60.

Yadavindra Singh was succeeded as family head by his son Captain Amarinder Singh, who is a politician with the formerly Congress now in the Bhartiya Janata Party and who served as Chief Minister of the Indian State of Punjab from 2002 to 2007 and again starting in 2017 to 2021.