[1] His ancestral house was at Kumartuli in North Kolkata,[1] where he grew up learning Persian and some English.
[2] In Chhapra, Nidhu Babu found a Muslim ustad to train him in the techniques of a formal gharana, or school of musical thought.
However, he soon became fed up with his method of teaching, and decided to independently translate Hindi music into Bengali.
[2] In 1794, Nidhu Babu left his job in Chhapra and returned to Calcutta with a savings of ten thousand rupees.
[2] In 1805-06, Nidhu Babu organized an akhrai troupe, an akhra being a fraternal society for studying and practicing classical Indian music.