He was the nephew of Yogendra Shukla, one of the founders of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).
[1] He took active part in Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 and was imprisoned in Patna Camp Jail.
Later he came in contact with the members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association and became a revolutionary.
[1] Phonindra Nath Ghosh, hitherto a key member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association had treacherously betrayed the cause by turning an approver, giving evidence, which led to the execution of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru.
[citation needed] Shukla was commissioned to plan the execution of Ghosh as an act of ideological vendetta which he carried out successfully on 9 November 1932.