In 1910 as part of Manchu efforts to increase Chinese control over Mongolian territory the Manchu Emperor Puyi issued a decree removing Badamdorj from his position as Shanzav and installing Sanduo, a Chinese educated Mongolian, as governor and Chinese viceroy in Hüree.
Following Mongolia's declaration of independence from Chinese rule in 1911, Badamdorj was appointed as the first Minister of Religion and State in 1912 under the Bogd Khan.