[1] Born in Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal on 30 January 1893 to Har Prasad Dar and Pranpati as one of their five children, he completed his college studies at the St. Xavier's College, Calcutta.
[2] It was at this press that some of the books of Jawaharlal Nehru such as Letters from a Father to His Daughter[4] and Glimpses of World History were published.
[2][5] Dar is the author of Kashmiri Cooking, a book on Kashmiri cuisine, which was later published by Penguin India Books with illustrations by his son, Sudhir Dar, noted Indian cartoonist.
[1] Before bringing out Kashmiri Cooking, he published two books, Copy and Proof,[6] and Adhunik Chapayi (Modern Printing), both considered by many as manuals on printing and publishing.
[7] Krishna Prasad Dar was married to Daya Shuri, and they had four children.