Active in both the Arya Samaj and the Congress, his activities for social and political change intermingle.

An office bearer of the Ghaziabad Arya Samaj committee, serving as either Chairman or General Secretary until 1939. Actively participated in Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha, and was imprisoned for six months on 5 April. He won elections unopposed to the District Board of Meerut, serving as Junior Vice President until 1935, and then as Vice Chairman. 

His admiration for Gandhi's thinking and ideals grew over time, embracing nonviolent revolution, social change, uplift of the Harijans, satyagraha, sacrifice, self-control, simplicity, and khadi as a representation of the craftsman and the village. 

The values of honesty, duty, fearlessness, hard work, and commitment became the foundations of his life, embodying Dayanand’s call for social change and the formless attraction of Kabir within Gandhi’s political revolution. His second daughter, Vedwati, was born on 17 September 1930.