[11] He was a principal jagirdar of Gwalior State,[12] the Foreign and Political minister[11] and was also the vice-chairman of the regency council for the minority of raja Jivajirao Scindia.

Angre became extremely influential at the Gwalior Kingdom court, handling matters of state for the minor king Jivajirao Scindia.

In February 1982, Maneka Gandhi's mother Amteshwar Anand sold the "Surya India" magazine to Dr. Janendra Kumar Jain and Chandroji Angre for an unknown amount of money.

The "Surya India" magazine had been used to promote the Indian National Congress by Maneka Gandhi during the Emergency of 1975, but after falling out with her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi, her mother Amteshwar Anand sold the magazine to Indira's strong opponent Chandroji Angre and Dr. Janendra Kumar Jain of the BJP.

[13][14][15][16] In her biography, maharani Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior kingdom wrote that Sardar Angre had a "larger than life-size presence".