[7][6][5] His family is the founder of the Dafter-e-Mal (Department of Finance) in Hyderabad Deccan during Nizam ul Mulk Asif Jah I.

[citation needed] Chandu Lal may have considered himself a Nanakpanthi, as he was devotee of the Udasi saint, Baba Priyatam Das.

British historian states "Due to the ladting effect of Chundoo Lal the dominions of the Nizam seem to look like a Sikh one rather than a Mohhamedan."

[citation needed] In 1819 Chandu Lal received the title of Maharaja from Sikandar Jah and a cash award of one crore rupees.

In 1822 he was made the head of seven thousand horsemen with the title of Raja e Rajagan from Nawab Nasir ud dawlah.

[10] Chandu Lal (who used the pen name "Shaadan" (شادن) ) as a learned man, was a patron of Urdu poetry and literature.

He even invited poets from Northern India like Zauq and Baksh Nasikh and Mirza Ghalib from Delhi to Hyderabad State but they couldn't turn up for some reasons.