He wanted to spread it among Bengali masses which were then confined primarily to Santiniketan.

On the advice of Shailaranjan Majumdar, he founded Dakshinee on 8 May 1948.

Since inception it has had four functioning sections: In 2008, Dakshinee proposed to publish a special edition on the occasion of its Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.

In 1955, it was moved to Dakshinee Bhawan, 1 Deshapriya Park (West) where it has remained.

Although the institute professes to teach Rabindranath Tagore's ideals through his music,[5] it has been alleged that Dakshinee believes in instilling a sense of fear among the rank and file of its students, an idea that is contrary to Tagore's own views on any kind of learning.