| Yagya Narayan Singh | |
|---|---|
| Umdai Rajhai Buland Makan | |
| Maharaja of Kishangarh | |
| Reign | 16 November 1926 – Template:Awrap |
| Coronation | 24 November 1926 |
| Predecessor | Madan Singh |
| Successor | Sumer Singh |
| Born | 26 January 1896 |
| Died | 3 February 1939 (aged 43) |
| Spouse |
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| Issue |
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| House |  Kishangarh |
| Father |
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| Mother | Shekhawatji (biological) |
| Education | Mayo College |
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Yagya Narayan Singh was the Maharaja of Kishangarh from 1926 until his death in 1939.
Early life, family, and education[edit | edit source]
He was born on 26 January 1896 to Dixit Jawan Singh and his wife Shekhawatji, the daughter of Anand Singh, Thakur of Mandawa.[1][2] His father had performed a somayajna, and he was born nine months after the final oblation of that yajna.[3] Upon the death of his father in September 1903, he succeeded him as Maharaj of Karkeri.[1] He was educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, where he passed the Diploma Examination, standing second in order of merit.[2][4] During his time there, he also served as the troop leader of the Mounted Squadron.[5] He accompanied his first cousin, Madan Singh, to attend the Delhi Durbar of 1911.[1][6]
In 1915, he married Bhanwar Kumari, a daughter of the Raja of Madhusudangarh.[7] In 1933, he married Pratap Kumari, a daughter of the Raja of Madhusudangarh and the niece of his first wife.[3][7] He had three sons, including Yatendra Singh by his first wife, but all of them died in childhood.[2][3] He also had two daughters, named Kalyan Kanwar and Govardhan Kanwar.[3]
He was a Rajput of the Rathore clan.[2]
Reign[edit | edit source]
As Madan Singh had no male issue to succeed him, he adopted Yagya Narayan Singh and declared him heir-apparent to the throne of Kishangarh.[8] However, when 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.[9] On medical advice, the Governor-General of India approved his succession on 16 November 1926.[9][10] Nonetheless, it was not until 24 November 1926 that the Resident at Jaipur, in a special durbar held at Kishangarh, formally announced his succession.[10]
Personal interests[edit | edit source]
He was a Hindu of the Vallabhkul sect of Vaishnavism.[1] He was a skilled polo player, poet, and singer.[3]
Death[edit | edit source]
He died on 3 February 1939.[11] According to his wishes, he was cremated at the site where his father had performed the somayajna.[3] No meal was served on the twelfth day following his death, as he had also requested.[3] He left no male issue to succeed him but instructed that Sumer Singh of Zorawarpura be adopted and succeed him.[11] Accordingly, Sumer was adopted and succeeded him as the Maharaja of Kishangarh.[11]
Titles and styles[edit | edit source]
His full style was: "His Highness Umdai Rajahai Buland Makan Maharaja Shri Yagya Narayan Singh, Maharaja of Kishangarh."[12]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Not Available (1924). The Ruling Princes Chiefs And Leading Personages In Rajputana And Ajmer. pp. 44–47.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Not Available (1931). Rajputana And Ajmer List Of Ruling Princes, Chiefs And Leading Personages (six ed.). pp. 120–121.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Sumahendra (1995). Splendid Style of Kishangarh Painting. Jaipur Printers, Publication Division. p. 14.
- ↑ Not Available (1938). Report On The Administration Of The Kishangarh State. p. 1.
- ↑ Wingate (1918). Report On The Mayo College Ajmer, Rajputana For 1916-17. p. 10.
- ↑ Coronation Durbar, Delhi 1911: Official Directory, with Maps. Superintendent Government Printing, India. 1911. p. 219.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Soszynski, Henry. "KISHANGARH". members.iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ↑ Mathur, Vijay Kumar (2000). Marvels of Kishangarh Paintings: From the Collection of the National Museum, New Delhi. Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. p. 17. ISBN 978-81-86050-43-9.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A collection of treaties engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries. Government of India Central Publication Branch, Calcutta. 1932. pp. 63–64.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Not Available (1933). Memoranda On The Indian States 1930. p. 148.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 McClenaghan, Tony (1996). Indian Princely Medals: A Record of the Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Indian Princely States. Lancer Publishers. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-897829-19-6.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Indica: Princely States in colonial India. Anmol Publications. 1996. p. 255. ISBN 978-81-7041-859-7.