He then worked for the Maharaja of Chhatarpur as a philosophical companion, private secretary, Deewan(prime minister) and chief justice.

He continued writing until his death on 13 April (Baisakhi) 1963 Babu Gulabrai was married to Bhagwati Devi of Meerut.

His youngest son Shri Vinod Shanker Gupta has been a writer who wrote many books on Hindi literature along with his memoirs.

In June 2002, the Government of India issued a 5 Rs postal stamp to commemorate his contribution to Hindi literature.

His initial works were in English and he himself admits that he started writing in Hindi due to patriotic reasons and his knowledge of Sanskrit helped him in that.