 Arya Samaj, Ram Rajya Parishad and Hindu Mahasabha Sangathan promoted Suhaldev as a Hindu hero.In April 1950, these organizations planned a fair at the "dargah" of Salar Masud, to commemorate the king.Khwaja Khalil Ahmad Shah, a member of the "dargah" committee, appealed the district administration to ban the proposed fair, in order to avoid communal tensions.