 After completing his studies at Madras he returned to Paralakhemundi and in the year 1913 married the princess of Kharasuan State.In the same year he held the reign of the State on 26 April 1913.Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati, Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das, Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das, Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati, Fakir Mohan Senapati and other eminent members of Utkal Sammilani demanded a separate Odisha state with an amalgamation of Oriya speaking areas in the then Orissa-Bihar-Bengal province.