Suraiya Hasan was born in 1928 in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, and raised in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Her father, Badrul Hasan, established a bookstore and a handicraft manufacturing unit in Hyderabad.
His handicraft unit focused on manufacturing traditional Indian bidri (metalwork) objects.
Hasan Bose collaborated with Indian artists to revive two traditional textile forms that nearly ceased to exist.
[2] Bose hired artisans, catalogued traditional and historical designs, and manufactured both, himru and mashru textiles, as well as other traditional textiles and techniques used in the creation of saris and fabrics, such as paithani, telia rumal, ikat, jamawar, and hand-painted kalamkari.