Yuvraj of Patiala
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Maharaja Yadavendrasingh (Yuvraj of Patiala) (born January 17, 1913, Patiala, Punjab, died June 17, 1974, The Hague, Netherlands). He was Punjabi Indian royalty of the princely state of Patiala. Moreover, he was an Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1934.
He succeeded his father, Bhupinder Singh, as the Maharaja of Patiala on 23 March 1938, but agreed to the incorporation of the princely state into India on 5 May 1948. He was Rajpramukh of the new Indian state of Patiala and East Punjab States Union until it was merged with Punjab in 1956.
