In his earlier time, when the dissenters were battling for equal rights, he engaged in the political movements of the day, but his afterlife was devoted to the work of his calling and the promotion of the charitable and educational institutions of the town
फाळणीच्या पाठोपाठ पडलेल्या दुष्काळामध्ये दुष्काळ निवारण समितीच्या त्या सचिव झाल्या, त्यांचे काम आणि किर्ती गांधीजींपर्यंत पोचली होती.