His father was a court musician employed in the court of Maharaja Keshav Prasad Singh of Dumraon Estate in Bihar
त्यांचे वडील बिहारच्या डुमराँव रियासत चे महाराजा केशव प्रसाद सिंह यांच्या दरबारात शहनाई वाजवायला जायचे.