The owners of the Rajvant Palace Resort are the descendants of The Gohil Rajput rulers of princely Rajpipla, its State area covering about 1,800sq miles, mostly of forest, agricultural land and river valleys. It grew to be one of the most prosperous princely states in Gujarat, with a salute of 13 guns.  second only to Baroda in south eastern Gujarat, Chokrana, a Parmar Rajput prince of Ujjain in Malwa (now the western part of the state of Madhya Pradesh), following disputes with his father settled in Pipla town. His daughter was married to the Gohil Rajput king Mokhadaji of Ghogha, whose descendants are the rulers of Bhavnagar, and when he died heir-less, Samarsinhji, the son of Mokhadaji succeeded to the throne and changed his name to Arjun Sinhji. Since then Nandod (Rajpipla) was ruled by the Gohil Rajput dynasty. The times were turbulent and it was not easy for the Gohils to retain their territory. They had to face severe invasions from the sultans of Ahmedabad, the Mughal emperors and finally the Marathas, each time coming back to power by joining forces with the hill tribes and making guerilla attacks. The golden period of Rajpipla began when His highness Chatra Sinhji came to the throne and began the progressive trend of Rajpipla in the late-19th century.

But the builder of modern and affluent Rajpipla was his son, Vijay Sinhji, who came to the throne in 1915 AD, and proved to be a great administrator. He was conferred the Knight commander rank, the hereditary title of Maharajah and the gun salutes for the ruler of Rajpipla were increased from 11 to 13. He introduced free Primary education, nominal high school fees, scholarships, a hospital, 5 dispensaries and a veterinary hospital in the state, good public works, a criminal-and-civil court, good motorable roads, a 40 mile railway line connecting Rajpipla to Ankleshwar, a junction on the Delhi-Ahmedabad-Bombay line, and a 19 mile steam rail-road & tramway connecting the towns along the river Narmada with villages in the interior and a power house supplying water and electricity to the town. The revenue of the state increased from 13 lakhs to 27 lakhs per annum between 1915-1930 and is said to have reached 36 lakhs in 1948, though taxes were reduced in terms of percentage! He regularized the land revenue systems, introduced pensions for public servants and increased the salary of the police and military. His relief efforts during droughts and floods were appreciated. He took an interest in agriculture and improved the quality of cotton, grains and fruits grown in his territory. Town planning in 1927 was far sighted, and builders were given permission conditional to leaving 3 to 4 ft space for widening roads.The design of new buildings were well integrated and harmonized. Sports were Maharajah Vijay Sinhji's passion.He was a keen horseman, and maintained one of the finest stables of race horses in India. His horse, Embargo won the Irish Derby in 1926 and Grad prix in Belgium in 1927, and another horse, Windsor Lad, won the Epsom Derby in 1934. Other horses, like Melesigenes, won him almost every prize worth it's name in races at Bombay, Pune and other Indian courses, and in 1932-33 he topped the racing events in India. Even the king and queen of Britain felicitated him on his victory on the English turf. He spent much of the sporting season in England, and returned to India in winter when he encouraged outdoor sports like Football, Hockey and Cricket. Sports was made compulsory for students of Rajpipla state. He equipped Rajpipla with a polo ground and gymkhana club. One of Maharajah's dreams for Rajpipla, was to have a 150 acre fully functional and operational aerodrome, (never saw it's inception) as the state got merged in 1948 AD. Surprisingly, Maharajah Vijay Sinhji who was known for his long sojourns to Europe and his loyalty to the British crown, started a nationalist movement in the 1940s with Gandhian principles and ideology and like his fellow Gohil Rajput rulers of Bhavnagar and Udaipur, was one of the first rulers to hand over his state to the Indian union in 1948 along with Rs.28 lakhs lying in the state treasury. He urged other Royal Families to give up their states for a better cause in the larger interest of a united nation at a meeting in his Nepean Sea Road residence in Bombay. He died at his Windsor Manor residence in 1951 AD but was cremated on the banks of the river Narmada, at Rampura 18 kms from his former capital.

Maharaja Rajendra Singhji was born at Rajpipla on 30th March 1912 and was educated at Mayo College, Ajmer till 1934, where he won many prizes in mathematics. During his student days he played football, besides swimming and riding. As a keen hunter and a fine marksman, he shot wild animals like tiger, panther etc. In 1934 he married Princess Rasikkunverba, sister of Maharaja Natwar Singhji of Chhota Udepur. Then the same year he joined the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich (U.K.) and completed training in 1938 During that period he traveled to many West European countries. Later he was given administrative training under Mr. Totmen (I.C.S.) Collector of Poona, to manage the state affairs when his father was not in Rajpipla. To promote higher education he gave the Palatial European Guest House at Rajpipla, named Maharaja Rajendra Singhji Arts and Science College and donated a land for the Maharaja Rajendra Singhji High School. He converted the large Polo Ground for Rajendra Nagar Housing Society with plots sold at nominal cost. During the Indo-China war, he offered his services for the nation and also donated part of his privy purse amount to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. He was charity minded and donated for any good cause. His unforeseen and untimely demise was on 2nd February 1963 at Bombay.