Colonel HH Maharaja Sir Yadvendra Singh Judeo Bahadur,

K.C.S.I. The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: # Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) # Knight Commander ( KCSI) # Companion ( CSI) No appointments ...

, K.C.I.E. (31 January 1893 – 4 August 1963) was Born in Bundela Rajput Family Of Panna. He was the 13th Maharaja of

Panna State Panna State was a princely state of colonial India, located in modern Panna district of Madhya Pradesh. The state of Panna belonged to the Bundelkhand Agency and covered an area of, 6724 km2 with 1,008 villages within its borders in 190 ...

from years 1902 - 1947 and official Maharaja of Panna from 1947 till his death in 1963.Panna State
/ref> He was awarded

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in 1916 and made

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(KCIE) in the

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. He acceded his State in to Union of India on 1 January 1950. He was appointed Uparajpramukh of

Vindhya Pradesh Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the e ...

after the merger of his state into the Indian Republic. He also served as president of Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha in 1946.

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