[citation needed] Initially he was in Agha Hashar's drama company later he once saw Acchan mahraj's performance there first time this was his first encounter with Kathak.
After the downfall of drama in 1930 as an art, he along with other artists gathered there in Rampur where he became ganda band disciple of Acchan Maharaj and learnt from him.
[citation needed][1][2] Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak migrated to Karachi after the partition and lived there before moving to Lahore in his later years.
He has been a major exponent in the arts and teaching of classical kathak dance in Pakistan, for over four decades.
[3] Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak was the guru of Pakistani classical dancer Nahid Siddiqui, Nighat Chaodhry.