[3] He began his basic education in Mahabir School founded by Chiniya Lal and Phatte Bahadur Singh which was closed after the imprisonment of the founders.
In 1997 BS after Shukra Raj Shastri, Dashrath Chand, Ganga Lal Shrestha and Dharma Bhakta Mathema were murdered by the Rana government, he became involved in the politics.
He started putting up anti-Rana pamphlets but he needed anonymity for doing so or he could have lost his job and even been punished by the government.
His first Nepal Bhasa epic poem Ma Lumanka (Mother's memory) was published in 1950-1951 (2007 BS).
Chittaranjan Nepali was married to Merri Baba Rajbhandari and had four children (one son and three daughters).