Shivdeen was an enlightenedstudent of the Agra College with a high levelof education and great administrative capacity. From guardianship of the maharaja he rose gradually as civil judge, and Musahib or prime minister. His strict fidelity and uprightness earned him the implicit confidence of his master. He was so popular and amiable that throughout the long period during which he occupiedthe office not a single individual complained of having received a wrong at his hand. He guided the State through political warfare without significant incident. In 1844, Sawai Ram Singh IIfounded the Maharaja College, Jaipur with Shivdeen as its first principle. After SawaiRam Singh II ascended to the throne in 1852, he appointed his guardian Shivdeen as Mohatmim Tehsil or Revenue commissioner. After a couple of years, Shivdeen was appointed as prime minister. He was succeeded by his son Vishambhar Deen.