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,

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.