[3] He was born at Dhatrigram in present-day Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal at his maternal uncle's house.

[2] In 1903, after becoming a barrister, he returned to Bengal to practice law in Darjeeling, Rangpur, and Gaya.

Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay is known to be a very famous and proficient writer in Bengali Literature.

[2] He gained fame writing short stories, which are based on looking at life in a light-hearted, simple, way.

[2] At times he wrote under two pseudonyms, Sri Janoarchandra Sharma and Srimati Radhamoni.