Origin of the Gohil Rajput clan goes back to the sixth century AD when Muhideosur Gohadit or Guhil, born in 542 AD after the sack of Vallabhi and the only male survivor of the clan, went on to become chief of an area near modern Idar in Gujarat in the year 556 A D, and held sway till his death in 603 AD His descendant Kalbhoj or Bappa Rawal seized Chittor and became ruler of Mewar in 734 AD A little more than.
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Gohil Koli constructed a civil hospital, maternity hospital, five dispensaries and a veterinary hospital in the State.
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Gohil Koli added the 40-mile Jhagadia-Netrang section to Rajpipla State Railway established during his father's reign.
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Gohil Koli set up a 19-mile steam railroad and tramway connecting the towns along the river Narmada with villages in the interior, and a power house supplying electricity and water to Rajpipla town.
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Gohil Koli's town planning in 1927 was far-sighted, and builders were given permission to construct, conditional to leaving 3 to 4 feet space for future widening of roads.
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Gohil Koli equipped Rajpipla with a polo ground and gymkhana club.
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Gohil Koli gave a fillip in Rajpipla in the 1940s, to the movement for 'responsible government' which was taking shape in the Indian princely States alongside the freedom movement in British India.
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Raghubir Singh's only son Manvendra Singh Gohil Koli caused a stir in 2006 when he openly declared in the media that he is a homosexual.
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Gohil Koli had four daughters Yogeshwari, Maheshwari, Durgeshwari and Krishna.
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