 So impressed were the British by his Tiwana irregulars, that the a detachment was incorporated into the 2nd Mahratta Horse at Gwalior.As a reward for he received a land grant of nearly nine thousand acres in Kalpi, a life jagir worth 1,200 rupees and the title Khan Bahadur.In 1863 he built the first privately built canal on state leased land in the Punjab.