As a young man, he was politically active in the Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League, where he was elected into the Central Committee in 1926, and eventually became an editor of its publications.

Later he became the chairman of the Council of Mongolian Trade Unions and was involved in the collectivization and seizures.

After returning to Mongolia in 1938, Damdinsüren became an ally of Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, the future party secretary, Prime Minister, and President.

He also produced prose and literary studies, and a translation of The Secret History of the Mongols into modern Mongolian.

His novel Gologdson Khüükhen[1] (Гологдсон хүүхэн, The Rejected Girl) became one of the popular films of the 1960s.