He was born in 1895 in Uripok Sorbon Thingen leikai, Imphal.He was influenced by Sanskrit tradition and is regarded as one of the best-known writers of modern Meitei literature.
He presented the first historical novel in Meitei – Lavangalata which is considered to be an outstanding work.
In Amaresh Datta's Encyclopedia of Indian Literature, Volume 1, he says of Chaoba: "By use of common language and very homely image, [he] could set a good example of elegy in Meitei through this single poem.
In fact, many of the poems of [his] contain eelegaic elements and atmosphere, as he looks upon the human life from a melancholic and tragic standpoint.
This feeling comes to him from his love of everything Manipuri, the flora and fauna, the disintegrated tradition, which was once the beacon light and his deep involvement with the lot of man in his life.