sen roy was born to bhabani prasad sen roy in 1798 in magura, the then jessore district british india. he studied ayurveda "shastra" from kabiraj ramakanta sen in rajshahi. he went to kolkata from magura then came to saidabad, near berhampore in 1836 and settled there. he became popular as legendary physician of murshidabad. he was also the family physician of local zamindars and nawab family of murshidabad. he received "kaviraj" and "kaviratna" title.