Career
He along with seven others founded Praja Mandal at Sirohi on 22nd January 1939 and was an active independence activist from Sirohi and was detained and put in jail for some time by British. After independence he opposed the division of Sirohi district and handover of Mount Abu to Gujarat. As a result of which Mount Abu remained part of Rajasthan, however, some other parts of district were transferred to Gujarat.
He was awarded award by the Government of India in 1971. and the Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work, in 1982 He was arrested during the emergency for his vocal protest of emergency.
In the jail he started satyagraha with other satygrahis and people like Prefessor Kedar, Ujjwala Arora, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and others