Its capital was at Sohawal, a small town — 2,108 inhabitants in 1901 — located in modern Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.

[2] Sohawal State was founded in the mid sixteenth century by a ruler named Fateh Singh.

[2] Sohawal became a British protectorate initially subordinate to Panna State, but a separate sanad was granted to Rais Aman Singh in 1809.

During the 1830 – 1833 period there was an interregnum in which Sohawal came under direct British administration.

[3] The last ruler of Sohawal signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.