[3] When Major Ross was appointed as the permanent agent stationed in Jaipur in 1838, Maji summoned Sheo and his brother Lakshman Singh and asked them to sign a bond of loyalty, which they refused.
[4][5] Afterward, he dismissed the commander of the State forces and appointed his brother, Lakshman Singh, as Army Minister in his place.
[7] Ram Singh refrained from intervening in state affairs until 1854, when, frustrated by his exclusion and by Sheo's extravagant spending and mismanagement, he sought the advice of Henry Lawrence.
[7] He was held in high regard by the Government of India, which permitted him to maintain a retinue of 2,000 soldiers and carry various emblems of a Raja during his trips or pilgrimages.
[9] There, he was summoned by Bahadur Shah II, who instructed him to persuade his liege lord, the Maharaja of Jaipur, to rise against the East India Company and remain loyal to the Mughal Empire, as his ancestors had.