He was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab in a Brahmin family (Kaushal), on 15 April 1901.
He spent a greater part of his life in Lahore writing for Paras, Lahore, the Newspaper that was then owned and edited by Lala Karam Chand;[3] he was also employed in the office of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
After the formation of Pakistan he moved to Delhi where he died on 1 January 1958.
[4] Harichand Akhtar was a poet whose focus genre was ghazal.
His collection of ghazals titled Kufr o Imaan was published during his lifetime.