 He became the court photographer to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan, Asif Jah VI, who awarded him the title Raja Bahadur Musavvir Jung Bahadur, and he was appointed as the photographer to the Viceroy of India in 1885.He received the Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria in 1897.Deen Dayal was born in Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh, near Meerut in a family of jewellers.