Bohra worked in various capacities for the Government of India. He was first called to service during Partition to create camps for refugees from the then East Pakistan. It was during this time of great upheaval that he met and became an ally of Ms. Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the first woman Prime Minister of India. He also had the opportunity to open a dialogue with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, two of modern India's founding fathers and later home minister and president of the nation.