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{{short description|Maharaja of Kishangarh (1926 - 1939)}}
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{{infobox royalty
| name = Yagya Narayan Singh
| title = Umdai Rajhai Buland Makan
| image =
| succession = [[Maharaja]] of [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]]
| reign = 16 November 1926 – {{awrap|3 February 1939}}
| coronation = 24 November 1926
| predecessor = [[Madan Singh (ruler)|Madan Singh]]
| successor = [[Sumer Singh (ruler)|Sumer Singh]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|01|26|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|02|03|1896|01|26|df=yes}}
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Bhanwar Kumari|1915}}|{{marriage|Pratap Kumari|1931}}}}
| issue = {{ubl|Yatendra Singh|Kalyan Kanwar|Govardhan Kanwar}}
| house = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Kishangarh.svg}} [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]]
| father = {{ubl|Dixit Jawan Singh (biological)|[[Madan Singh (ruler)|Madan Singh]] (adoptive)}}
| mother = Shekhawatji (biological)
| module = {{Infobox person | embed=yes
| education = [[Mayo College]]
}}
}}
'''Yagya Narayan Singh''' was the [[Maharaja]] of [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]] from 1926 until his death in 1939.
==Early life, family, and education==
He was born on 26 January 1896 to Dixit Jawan Singh and his wife Shekhawatji, the daughter of Anand Singh, [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Mandawa]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36587 |title=The Ruling Princes Chiefs And Leading Personages In Rajputana And Ajmer |date=1924 |pages=44–47}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127533 |title=Rajputana And Ajmer List Of Ruling Princes, Chiefs And Leading Personages |date=1931 |pages=120–121 |edition=six }}</ref> His father had performed a [[somayajna]], and he was born nine months after the final oblation of that yajna.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Sumahendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPPqAAAAMAAJ |title=Splendid Style of Kishangarh Painting |date=1995 |publisher=Jaipur Printers, Publication Division |pages=14 |language=en}}</ref> Upon the death of his father in September 1903, he succeeded him as Maharaj of Karkeri.<ref name=":0" /> He was educated at [[Mayo College]], [[Ajmer]], where he passed the Diploma Examination, standing second in order of merit.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35887 |title=Report On The Administration Of The Kishangarh State |date=1938 |pages=1}}</ref> During his time there, he also served as the troop leader of the Mounted Squadron.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wingate |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35145 |title=Report On The Mayo College Ajmer, Rajputana For 1916-17 |date=1918 |pages=10}}</ref> He accompanied his first cousin, [[Madan Singh (ruler)|Madan Singh]], to attend the [[Delhi Durbar]] of 1911.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WxBAQAAMAAJ |title=Coronation Durbar, Delhi 1911: Official Directory, with Maps |date=1911 |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, India |pages=219 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1915, he married Bhanwar Kumari, a daughter of the [[Raja]] of Madhusudangarh.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Soszynski |first=Henry |title=KISHANGARH |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kishangarh.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515223816/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kishangarh.html |archive-date=2017-05-15 |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=members.iinet.net.au}}</ref> In 1933, he married Pratap Kumari, a daughter of the [[Raja]] of Madhusudangarh and the niece of his first wife.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> He had three sons, including Yatendra Singh by his first wife, but all of them died in childhood.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> He also had two daughters, named Kalyan Kanwar and Govardhan Kanwar.<ref name=":2" />

He was a [[Rajput]] of the [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]] clan.<ref name=":1" />

== Reign ==
As [[Madan Singh (ruler)|Madan Singh]] had no male issue to succeed him, he adopted Yagya Narayan Singh and declared him [[Heir apparent|heir-apparent]] to the [[throne]] of [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mathur |first=Vijay Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfjqAAAAMAAJ |title=Marvels of Kishangarh Paintings: From the Collection of the National Museum, New Delhi |date=2000 |publisher=Bharatiya Kala Prakashan |isbn=978-81-86050-43-9 |pages=17 |language=en}}</ref> However, when [[Madan Singh (ruler)|Madan Singh]] died on 25 September 1926, Yagya Narayan Singh's succession was postponed due to the possibility of a posthumous heir being born to [[Madan Singh (ruler)|Madan Singh]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6493 |title=A collection of treaties engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries |date=1932 |publisher=Government of India Central Publication Branch, Calcutta |pages=63–64}}</ref> On medical advice, the [[Governor-General of India]] approved his succession on 16 November 1926.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34582 |title=Memoranda On The Indian States 1930 |date=1933 |pages=148}}</ref> Nonetheless, it was not until 24 November 1926 that the Resident at [[Jaipur]], in a special durbar held at [[Kishangarh]], formally announced his succession.<ref name=":6" />

== Personal interests ==
He was a [[Hindu]] of the [[Pushtimarga Sampradaya|Vallabhkul]] sect of [[Vaishnavism]].<ref name=":0" /> He was a skilled polo player, poet, and singer.<ref name=":2" />

== Death ==
He died on 3 February 1939.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=McClenaghan |first=Tony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQdZlHJ2WTAC |title=Indian Princely Medals: A Record of the Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Indian Princely States |date=1996 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-1-897829-19-6 |pages=191 |language=en}}</ref> According to his wishes, he was cremated at the site where his father had performed the [[somayajna]].<ref name=":2" /> No meal was served on the twelfth day following his death, as he had also requested.<ref name=":2" /> He left no male issue to succeed him but instructed that [[Sumer Singh (ruler)|Sumer Singh]] of Zorawarpura be adopted and succeed him.<ref name=":4" /> Accordingly, [[Sumer Singh (ruler)|Sumer]] was adopted and succeeded him as the [[Maharaja]] of [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]].<ref name=":4" />

== Titles and styles ==
His full style was: "[[His Highness]] Umdai Rajahai Buland Makan [[Maharaja]] [[Shri]] Yagya Narayan Singh, [[Maharaja]] of [[Kishangarh State|Kishangarh]]."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_YvAQAAIAAJ |title=Encyclopaedia Indica: Princely States in colonial India |date=1996 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-7041-859-7 |pages=255 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category: 1896 births]]
[[Category: 1939 deaths]]
[[Category: People from British India]]
[[Category:Maharajas in Rajputana]]
[[Category: Hindu monarchs]]
[[Category: Indian Hindus]]
[[Category: Rathore (clan)]]
[[Category:Mayo College alumni]]
[[Category:Kishangarh]]

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