It was a 9-gun salute state belonging to the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency.

[2] Its capital was in Rajkot, located in the historical Halar region of Kathiawar on the banks of the Aji River.

He was the grandson of Jam Shri Satarsal (Sataji) Vibhaji Jadeja of Nawanagar.

The rulers of Rajkot were titled 'Thakur Sahib' with the style of 'His Highness, and belonged to the Jadeja Rajput dynasty.

[3] II (d. 1720) The city of Rajkot became the headquarters of the Western India States Agency in 1924.