Background
He succeeded his father Tukojirao Holkar III, who abdicated in his favor on February 26, 1926.
He succeeded his father Tukojirao Holkar III, who abdicated in his favor on February 26, 1926.
He was educated at the Cheam School, Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford. 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, King’s Scholar 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.
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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 (ribbon bar, as it would look today).
