He was ruler of the Pahargarh Estate, which mainly comprised what are now the cities of Morena, Gwalior, Jhansi, and Shivpuri, in old Rajputana region.
His father, Maharaja Jay Raj Dev Singh , was the ruler of the Vijaypur Sikri estate.
Sanga, who was then the heir to the throne of Mewar, represented his father, Rana Rai Mal, at the coronation ceremony.
[9]Following the Battle of Khanwa, Kam Dev lost his kingdom but retained control over Kanpur, Kannauj, and Fatehpur.
A total of 1.8 lakh Rajput soldiers were stationed in the Bahadur Garh fort, with sufficient rations stored for a potential siege of Agra.
Initially, Rana Sanga was confident of victory due to the support of Ibrahim Lodi and the full Confederation.
The main reason for this sudden turn of events was the defection of Salyadity, a powerful Tomar Rajput ruler, who joined Babur with 30,000 troops, giving him a decisive advantage.
[11] After the three brothers settled in Kanpur with a large amount of gold coins and the statue of their clan deity, Mata Khamakhya, they became wealthy zamindars of the region.
Dham dev settled at Gahmar, and married his daughter, Rani Gangawati to King Sahilwhan, the ruler of Chainpur State, in year 1530.
Rana Sanga's son Ratan Singh had attended the marriage along with Gangawati's Maternal Uncle and, brother in law of Dham Dev, Raja Suraj Mal, the ruler of Bundi.
Dham Dev founded Gahmar, and his descendants established 36 villages near to it, including the town of Chausa, and Bhabua and Chainpur in Kaimur.
While other than the settlement in Ghazipur and Kaimur, their is a branch of Sikarwar's of Morena district who trance their ansistery from a man named Dalkhu baba, (probably Kam Dev), they are probably the desendants from his second wife, from whom he had seven sons.
The eldest son of Puranmal named as Raja Narhar Khan adopted Islam in 1542 and from him comes the most prominent branch known as "Kamsari Pathans" who founded Dildarnagar Kamsar.