 Gour Kishore Sen was born around 1800, being raised in a very traditional Bengali Hindu home in Daulatpur, Longla Pargana close to the town of Kulaura in South Sylhet.His father, Ram Gobind Sen, and his mother both died while he was very young and so he was raised by his paternal uncle, Ram Dulal Sen. Dulal also died during his nephew's childhood.This led to him pondering about the meaning of life and death.