Category Archives: Gohil Rajput Dynasty

On this day, 6th June in the year 1934, Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla won the blue riband of the turf, the Epsom Derby of England. He wrote about the enthralling event in the Sporting Times a couple of months later

The two sides of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla, the oriental and the occidental

The things Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla will always be remembered for

Maharajkumar Indrajitsinhji of Rajpipla who designed insignia of cheetal in April 1958 for The Wildlife Preservation Society of India

On the 132nd birth anniversary of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla, recalling his lead role in the merger of Gujarat States with the Union of India

The fierce battles between the Gohil Rajput rulers of Rajpipla and the Sultans of Gujarat in the 15th and 16th centuries

Horses and jockeys of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla

Installation of the statue of the legendary Maharana Verisali I of Rajpipla in the precincts of Harsiddhi Mataji temple

Navratri at Rajpipla, October 2021

The immediate aftermath of the victory of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla in the Epsom Derby 1934. Excerpt from Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’