Career
Hailing from a poor peasant family in the Howrah district of India, he had little education as a child. He started his business career when he was just 14 years old selling small things, but gradually switched over to industrial items. He established the industrial township of Dasnagar in the Howrah district.
In 1930, he founded the, which, according to Government reports, was one of the few companies that produced machines of grade 1 category.
Amongst the products of the company were lathes, weighing machines, textile manufacturing machines, and printing machines.