He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1946 and in 1972 received recognition in the form of a pension and an award from Indira Gandhi for his work towards Indian independence.
Once when he came inside during a heavy hailstorm, the Brahman teacher beat him and put all the classroom furniture, which he had "polluted" by his presence, outside in the rain to be literally and ritually washed clean.
It was the same school where Babu Mangu Ram first convened the meeting that formally launched the Ad Dharam Movement.
The message called upon them to know and realize themselves as they had forgotten their true selves due to hostile influences in which they had been living for thousands of years.
It caught imagination and hearts of downtrodden people, soon Babu Mangu Ram became household name.