Background
Praharaj was born on 9 September 1874 to an aristocratic Zamindar Brahmin family of Siddheswarpur in Cuttack district.
Praharaj was born on 9 September 1874 to an aristocratic Zamindar Brahmin family of Siddheswarpur in Cuttack district.
He completed his matriculation from Ravenshaw Collegeate School and studied FA from Ravenshaw college of Cuttack. He studied law at Calcutta University and became a lawyer in 1902.
A lawyer by profession, Praharaj wrote several satirical and analytical essays, in magazines such as Utkal Sahitya, Rasachakra, Nababharata, Satya Samachar, on the social, political and cultural issues of contemporary Odisha (Odisha) during early 20th century. He started writing essays in the Magazine Utkal Sahitya in 1901 by the caption "Bhagabata Tungire Sandhya", which is the first published work by the author lieutenant was followed by Bai Mohanty Panji and many other writings on socio-cultural and political issues.
He followed the footsteps of Fakir Mohan Senapati and made a remarkable development in Odia satirical literature.
Praharaj used the colloquial speech of Odisha along with Hindustani, Parsi, English, Sanskrit and folk language in his prose works. He wrote several critical essays with different pen names in many magazines up to his old age.
However, he dedicated around three decades of his life to the compilation of Purnachandra Odia Bhashakosha.