He was married to Maharani Lalita Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Supradipta Manyabara Lt. Gen. Maharajkumar Singha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal in 1936.
[2] Immediately after assuming charge of Ramgarh Raj in August 1937, he diverted his full attention to the interest of estate and his manifold benevolent activities became extremely popular among his subjects.
With the wish of freedom fighter Babu Ram Narayan Singh popularly known as "Chhotanagpur Kesari" and efforts of Dr. Rajendra Prasad the historic 53rd Session of INC was held at Ramgarh in he contribution whole heartedly to the success of this session.Even the important Congress leader were full of praise at cordial relations existing between the Maharaja and his subjects.
In same year,Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Congress and held Samantar Adhiveshan which was supported by Maharaja Saheb and local zamindar Gorinath Singh.
Later in the Bihar Assembly Elections of 1967, serious opposition was offered by the Raja Bahadur's Jan Kranti Dal to the ruling Congress government and He was instrumental in making Mahamaya Prasad Sinha, Chief Minister of Bihar, although SSP leader Karpoori Thakur had a better stake in the post of Chief Minister.
[9] He was cremated on the banks of a river two miles from his Padma, his place of birth near Hazaribagh in Bihar (today in Jharkhand).