Ramachandra Vitthala Rao celebrated his official coronation on 5 February 1879.
In 1882, Ramachandra Vitthala Rao leased 40,000 acres of forests in Sandur state to the Madras government.
In September 1885, J. G. Firth a retired tahsildar in Bellary was appointed the Agent of the Madras government to Sandur state.
Ramachandra Vitthala Rao was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in July 1892.
Ramachandra Vitthala Rao died on 3 December 1892 at Bellary where he had gone for treatment.