He was an ardent follower of B. R. Ambedkar and was pioneer of the practice of exchanging the greeting Jai Bhim amongst the Dalits.

[4] At the age of 17, Hardas founded a weekly publication titled Maharatha, distributed from Nagpur with a view to spreading social awareness among the Dalits.

He opened a Mahila Ashram in order to imparting training to Dalit women in daily activities.

At this meeting, Hardas exhorted his people to start idol worship at the temple of Ramtek and stop bathing in the dirty Ambada tank there.

However, he sent a group of his followers under the leadership of Shankar Mukunda Bele to participate in the Kalaram Temple Entry Satyagraha led by B. R. Ambedkar on 2 March 1930.

[3] Hardas was a prolific writer and mostly used his writing skills for creating social awareness in the depressed classes.

He also wrote a play Veer Balak (Brave Child) and staged it to create a new wave of awareness among the people.

He appealed the governor of Central Provinces and Berar to nominate members among the depressed classes to the legislative council, district local boards, and municipalities.

[citation needed] Hardas became secretary of CP and Berar branch of Independent Labour Party (ILP) in 1936.

Moon notes that "Just as a comet appears, bringing light throughout the sky, and then vanishing in instant, so it happened with Hardas.

[citation needed] In 2016, producer Dhananjay Galani made a film titled Bole India Jai Bhim which portrayed the life and work of Hardas.