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Yashwant Rao Holkar II

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Predecessor
  
Tukojirao Holkar III

Successor
  
Usha Devi Holkar

Name
  
Yashwant Holkar


Yashwant Rao Holkar II

Reign
  
26 February 1926 – 28 May 1948

Coronation
  
11 March 1926, Juna Rajwada Palace, Indore

Successor
  
Monarchy abolished, Indore merged into Madhya Bharat

Pretendence
  
28 May 1948 – 5 December 1961

Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Yeshwant Rao II Holkar XIV Bahadur (6 September 1908 – 5 December 1961) was the Maharaja of Indore (Holkar State) belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Marathas.

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Life

He was educated at the Cheam School, Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford.

He succeeded his father Tukojirao Holkar III, who abdicated in his favor on February 26, 1926. He was installed on the throne on 11 March 1926 under a regency council. He was invested with full powers on 9 May 1930 at the age of 20. On January 1, 1935 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Indian Empire. He established a legislative council for Indore state and created a cabinet with a prime minister and three ministers. British Resident of Indore, K.S. Fitze, remarked on the great amount of time Maharaja Yeshwant spent abroad. Christie's art director Amin Jaffer takes this to exemplify maharaja culture's turn to the West.

On 11 August 1947 he signed the document of accession to India. Indore State was included in the Union of Madhya Bharat on May 28, 1948. He served as the second Rajpramukh of this new state until 31 October 1956. He then worked for the United Nations.

He died in a Mumbai Hospital on 5 December 1961.

Marriage

In the year 1924 he married Maharani Shrimant Akhand Sahib Soubhagyavati Sanyogita Bai Holkar. Yeshwant Rao and his wife Maharani Sanyogita both studied in England. In 1938 he married Margaret Lawler and after their divorce, married Lady Euphemia Watt of Los Angeles.

He is survived by his two children - 1. HH Maharani Usha Raje of Indore (inherited the titles and rights). 2. Maharajkumar Shrimant Shivaji Rao Holkar of Indore (Prince Richard Holkar).

Titles and styles

  • 6 September 1908 – 26 September 1926: Yuvraj Shrimant Yeshwant Rao Holkar Bahadur, Yuvraj of Indore
  • 26 September 1926 – 1 January 1935: His Highness Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Yeshwant Rao II Holkar XIV Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore
  • 1 January 1935 – 15 October 1946: His Highness Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Yeshwant Rao II Holkar XIV Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCIE
  • 15 October 1946 – 5 December 1961: Major-General His Highness Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Yeshwant Rao II Holkar XIV Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, GCIE
  • Honours

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  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE), 1935
  • King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, 1935
  • King George VI Coronation Medal, 1937
  • Indian Independence Medal, 1947
  • References

    Yashwant Rao Holkar II Wikipedia


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