Pramatha Chowdhary was born on 7 August 1868 in Jessore, He was a litterateur, essayist, and one of the architects of Chalita Bhasa.
He passed the Entrance examination from Calcutta Hare School and FA from St. Xaviers’ College. He stood first class first both in BA (1889) honors in Philosophy and MA (1891) in English. He was also fluent in French. He went to England (1893) to study for the Bar.
He served variously as a lecturer at Law College and manager of the Tagore Estate and the Dakshineshwar Devottar Estate, but he was more interested in literary pursuits, either editing and publishing journals or writing.
He was awarded the Jagattarini Gold Medal (1938) by Calcutta University. He died on 2 September 1946.
