The Maharaja of Patiala was the title of a Maharaja in India and the ruler of the princely state of Patiala, a state in British India. The first Maharaja of Patiala was Baba Ala Singh (1695–1765).
Nine courtiers and servants of the Raja Patiala
Image: Detail of a mural of Ala Singh of Patiala State from the Sheesh Mahal of the Qila Mubarak
Image: Miniature painting of Raja Amar Singh of Patiala, ca.1830
Image: Photograph of Maharaja Narinder Singh (alt. spelt as 'Narendra Singh') of Patiala State with attendants, by Jean Baptiste Oscar Malitte, ca.1860
Yadavindra Singh was the ninth and last ruling Maharaja of Patiala from 1938 to 1971. He was also a diplomat, sports administrator and former cricketer who played in one Test in 1934.
Singh in 1971
Sir Yadavindra Singh of Patiala
The oil portrait of Yadavindra Singh that hangs in the library of Yadavindra Public School, Patiala.
Yadavindra Singh in Uniform with Mohinder Kaur.