[4] He succeeded to throne of Raigrah upon death of his elder brother, Raja Natwar Singh in 1924.
During the reign of Raja Chakradhar Singh, experts of both the gharanas, namely, Jaipur and Lucknow gained prominent positions and were patronised by him.
[9] The Raigarh Gharana of Kathak was established by him during his reign, which produced many luminaries, dancers, singers and musicians due to his patronage and philanthropy.
[4] In 1939, the conference organised a welcome party for Viceroy of India, where Kathak dancer Karthik Kalyan presented the dance and was assisted by Chakradhar Singh, who played tabla.
[4] He was given title of Sangit Samrat - (King of Music) by the Viceroy Lord Linlithgow at this conference.
[4] He had a very good knowledge of Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu and Oriya and has written several books on Indian traditional music such as[4] Raja Chakaradhar Singh died on 7 October 1947[1][2] just after independence of India.