When his father, Dalpat Singh, died in 1864, he succeeded him as Maharawat of Pratapgarh.

[2] He greatly improved the law and order situation in his state and established regular courts.

[2] He made many changes in Pratapgarh town and permanently established the capital of the state there.

[2][3] During the Rajputana famine of 1869, he opened poorhouses and fair-price shops, initiated relief works to aid his suffering subjects, and granted land revenue remissions.

[4] As he died without a legitimate successor, his widow, Swarup Kunverba,[5] adopted Raghunath Singh, his third cousin and closest surviving relative, who succeeded him as the Maharawat of Pratapgarh.