He was born at Kadamtala, Chinsurah, headquarters of Hooghly District of Bengal in British India on 11 December 1846.

His father was the famed author and poet Sub-judge Roy Ganga Charan Sarkar Bahadur.

With Mr Sarada Charan Mitra, who later became a judge at the Calcutta High Court, Akshay Chandra had compiled, edited and published a collection of old Bengali poetry "Prachin Kabya Sangraha".

Children's Bengali book of poems "Gocharaner Math", simple and devoid of compound letters, was his creation.

Among his other well-known work were "Sankshipta Ramayan", "Alochana", "Roopak O Rahasya", "Shiksha Nabisher Galpa", "Maha Pooja", "Hatey Hatey Phal", autobiographical "Pita Putra", "Sanatani", "Sahitya Sadhana" and "Kabi Hemchandra".