According to the Riaz-us-Salatin (a chronicle written in 1788), Raja Ganesha was a landlord of Bhaturia and according to Francis Buchanan Hamilton he was the Hakim (Governor) of Dinajpur[7] in the northern Bengal. In a contemporary letter, he was described as a member of a landholder family of 400 years' standing.[8] Later, he became an officer of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty rulers in Pandua.