page_title: Yadavindra Singh
section_title: Later life and death
hierarchical_section_title: Yadavindra Singh / Later life and death
caption_attribution_description: English: Sir Yadavinder Singh 9th and last Maharaja of Patiala in London
context_page_description: Maharaja Sir Yadavinder Singh was the 9th and last Maharaja of Patiala from 1938 to 1971. He was also an Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1934.
context_section_description: He 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. He also headed the Indian delegation to the FAO on and off during 1959-1969. Sir Yadavindra served as Indian Ambassador to Italy (1965–1966) 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. On specific instructions of Indira Gandhi, he was cremated with full state honours.
  He was succeeded as family head by his son Captain Amarinder Singh, who is a politician with the Congress Party and who served as Chief Minister of the Indian State of Punjab from 2002 to 2007 and again starting in 2017. His daughter, Heminder Kaur, was married to K. Natwar Singh, the former external affairs minister of India.
caption: Sir Yadavindra Singh with leading members of the Sikh and Indian business community in London.
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