He got his education from St. John's College and worked as a contractor on the Great India Peninsula Railway (GIPR) between Bilaspur-Gondia and Nagpur sections.
[1] In 1910, he left his job and started working for the upliftment of the Chamar community.
[3][4] In 1918, he was nominated as a member of the Agra Municipal Council and later the District Education Board.
[6] He also gave testimony in front of the Simon Commission and declared himself Vice President of the All India Depressed Classes Association under Rao Sahib M.C.
In the 1937 Indian provincial elections, he fought in the Agra constituency but lost to Manik Chand Jatav.