Maharaja Dhruv Dev Chandra (the head of the Royal family) had to face many difficulties. Like almost every ruling family of India, he too had to sell a lot of his family heirlooms such as- silver furniture, jewelry, gem studded cloths and carpets, guns, lands, shikar trophies and most importantly his heritage of the Kangra miniature paintings in order to survive. The situation of the ruling family had become so bleak that a lot of rulers gave up their grand palaces for moderate dwellings. Even Maharaja Dhruv Dev Chandra fell in this vicious trap and had to demolish the main palace of Lambagraon (because it became too expensive and difficult to maintain). It took few years for Maharaja Dhruv Dev Chandra to get over this shock.

Then, with the help of his estate managers and secretaries, he implemented the good advice of his best friend the present Raja of Kutlehar (he is the ruler in India to loose his lands - in A.D. 1998) and converted Maharaj nagar into a co-operate farm (by combining all the lands of family members) of about 1000 acres. This area was converted in a mango and leechee orchard (300 acres) and the rest of the land was converted into a commercial forest of Bamboo and Katha (khair). This was the first time in the history of 487 generations that a member of the Katoch royal family had become a business man. This co-operate farm is still controlled by the family.

Maharaja Aditya Dev Chandra (488th in lineal descent) settled into a business of Jewelry (earlier his hobby). In A.D. 1990 he converted his family's summer house in the hill station of Dharamsala (clouds End villa) into an eight bed room heritage hotel. In A.D.1992, this hotel got a mention in the Tatler travel guide as one of the 50 best value hotels in the world.