He was the founder of several girls' schools, a widow's home, temperance societies, a workers' organisation and the editor of the journal Bharat Sramajibi.

Sasipada married Rajkumari Banerjee (née Devi), then a thirteen-year-old girl, in 1860 and taught her to read and write within a year.

Rajkumari died in 1876 and Shasipada remarried the following year to a widow..[2] Banerjee became involved in the social reform movement in Bengal through the Brahmo Samaj which he joined in 1861.

[8] He also met and was received by a large number of common people and dignitaries including the Secretary of State for India during this visit.

[6] In England he became a member of the Good Templars Body and also of the Order of the Day Star Lodge and attended meetings of the National Indian Association and helped establish its branches in other British cities.

[15] A modern saint of India: A sketch of the religious life of Sevabrata Brahmarshi Shasipada Banerjee is a biography by Satindranath Roy Choudhary.