Jhargram was never an independent territory since the chiefs of the family held it basically as the zamindars of the British Raj in India after Lord Cornwallis's Permanent Settlement of 1793.

Although its owners were both rich and powerful, with the chiefs of the family holding the title of Raja, the Jhargram estate was not defined as a Princely State with freedom to decide its future course of action at the time of Indian independence in 1947.

He took the title of Raja and named the state capital Jhargram, which means a forest village which is surrounded by walls and canals.

The then king of Jhargram Raja Vikramjit Malla Ugal Sanda Deb took part in the Chuar Rebellion to protect his independent status and revolted against the British, but he ultimately surrendered.

The Zamindari ruled their dominions and estates from Jhargram Palace in present-day West Bengal, they had 8 sardars under the system and one Sub Zamindar of Beliaberah.

In 1925, an annual sports fund was created to encourage athletic activities and to construct a football stadium and the Jhargram Club.

He provided funds to set up Sri Ramkrishna Saradapeeth Girls High School and Bharat Sevashram Sangha.

With the consent of the governor of Bengal, a hospital for lower-class residents of Jhargram Raj was established in the name of the 15th king Raja Chandi Charan Malla Deb.

The raja donated land to the Roman Catholic Church of India and to the Muslim community to build Nurrani Jama Masjid, a mosque, in Jhargram.

In Midnapore, Raja Bahadur founded the Tuberculosis Chest Clinic and the Homeopathic College, and gave donations for the construction of the Vidyasagar Memorial and the purchase of books for a library.

Narsingha's son Yuvraj Birendra Bijoy got involved in politics and was a two-time member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal from Jhargram's Vidhan Sabha constituency, representing the Indian National Congress.