[1] Born in Hyderabad, Sindh, Dayaram received his early education in Persian at home from Akhoond Noor Mahammed.
He later studied at Elphinstone College in Bombay and joined the Civil Service.
He published numerous books including Sata saheliyun (Seven girl-friends, 1906) and Chabak mana lai ain rihan (Lashes for the mind, 1923–29).
Works in English include The History of a Humble Soul (a biography of Sadhu Hiranand), Something about Sindh (1882) and a biography of Malabari with an introduction by Florence Nightingale.
He withdrew himself from society after this: it was apparently to protect the girl who had become pregnant after a relationship with another boy in the ashram.