A meritorious student, he had his early education in Srihatta and Shillong; later in response to the boycott call, he joined the National College, with Aurobindo Ghosh as the principal.
He was active in many direct actions and involved in the assassination of Pro British Inspector in Special Investigation Cell Suresh Chandra Mukherjee.
he joined Presidency College and secured a seat in Eden Hindu Hostel where a number of boarders were adherents of Jatindranath Mukherjee Bagha Jatin.
A dacoity was committed by a group at Pragpur in Nadia District on 30 April and thereafter they came to village Khalilpur by boats.
The Bengal revolutionaries were planning and carried out from Calcutta two heroic political dacoities in district Nadia at Pragpur and Shibpur.
These dacoities were conceived and executed in the light of anticipated armed rising with German aid in coordination with Ghadr Party patriots.
They went by boat and committed dacoity in the shop of Harinath Saha in village Pragpur Police Station Daulatpur.