He passed matriculation from Burdwan Municipal High School and Intermediate in Science from Serampore College, under the University of Calcutta.

[1] While studying in Serampore College, he and Saroj Mukherjee became acquainted with Dr. Bhupendranath Datta and Communist leaders Muzaffar Ahmed and Abdul Halim.

In the first phase in 1967–1970, Hare Krishna Konar recovered around a million acres (4,000 km2) of land through existing legal means.

The first task was carried out under Operation Barga when around 1.7 million sharecroppers were formally recorded, assuring them of permanency of land holding and a fair share of the crop.

Thus about 4 million people were directly benefited, laying the foundation for victory of the Left Front in subsequent years.