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(2) In 1694 he was posted as the Hakim of Phalodi. While stationed there he displayed valour against the Bilochs. He also had a temple of Kalyanray renovated in V.E. 1696.
(3) In V.E. 1700 (1643 A.D.) when Mahesh das Rakhecha stung into rebellion Nenasi was deputed to suppress his refractory activities. It was a turning point. He successfully repulsed the disturbance.
(4) Nenasi also successfully carried his arms to Jaisalmer. The Maharawal of the said place was defeated by him more than once.
However in V.E. 1724 (1667 A.D.) when Nenasi was with Maharaja Jasawant singh in Deccan, the latter became indignant against Nenasi and his brother Sundarasi. Charging them with seditation Jaswant singh put the two brothers in prison. He demanded a heavy penalty from them if they wanted to be freed but they boldly declined to pay even a single copper coin. At last, when they were returning to Jodhpur from Deccan in captivity, they committed suicide. Nenasi celebrated for his Khyat, a comprehensive dynastic history of medieval Rajasthan. He also compiled a detailed Gazetteer of the Paraganas of Marwar which are very useful for the study of local history. He has been termed the Abul Fazl of Rajasthan.
Nenasi had three sons named Karmasi Vairasi and Samarsi. When the news of the death of Nenasi and Sundarisi reached Jodhpur, the surviving members of this family took refuge at Nagaur, which was then under Maharaja Ray singh. In V.E. 1732 (1675 A.D.) Maharaja Ray singh died a sudden death in Deccan. Suspecting that it was a plot engineered by Karamsi he was put to death. The members of his family living at Nagaur were badly fortuned and oppressed. Karmsi's son Sangram singh lived in Kishangarh for a long time. Later on during the time of Ajit singh, he was called back to Jodhpur. In the days of Abhay singh, in 1725 A.D. 160 bighas land was granted to him in Medta, the estate being still known as the "Muhanoton-ka-Bagh. Sangram Singh's grandson
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