[2][3][4][5][6] He was editor of nationalist daily Punjabi newspaper Desh Darpan, which was once published from Calcutta.
[7][2] Further, he was also a close associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and at one point of time associated closely with All India Forward Bloc[8] as many sources claim, he drove the car, in which Netaji escaped from his house arrest in Calcutta.
[3][11] Earlier he served as personal aide of Maharaja of Nabha, Ripudaman Singh, till the King was deposed.
[12] After independence served as Minister in Punjab Government as Public Works Department minister[13] and also Head of Capital Project, Public Health, Engineering and Housing, which founded Chandigarh as newly developed capital city.
[15] He served as member of Rajya Sabha from Punjab for the years 1974 till his death in 1976.