Birendra Krishna Bhadra was born on 4 August 1905, to Roy Bahadur Kalikrishna and Sarala Bala Devi at a rented house in Ahiritola his maternal home, in north Calcutta (now Kolkata). Later the family moved to 7, Ramdhan Mitra Lane, the house bought by his grandmother Yogo Maya Devi. His father, Kali Krishna Bhadra was a linguist, fluent in 14 languages, and employed as an interpreter in a lower court and later became a known figure in the Bengali literary circles of the time.
Birendra Krishna Bhadra was born on 4 August 1905, to Roy Bahadur Kalikrishna and Sarala Bala Devi at a rented house in Ahiritola his maternal home, in north Calcutta (now Kolkata). Later the family moved to 7, Ramdhan Mitra Lane, the house purchased by his grandmother Yogo Maya Devi. His father, Kali Krishna Bhadra was a linguist, proficient in 14 languages, and employed as an interpreter in a lower court and later became a well-known figure in the Bengali literary circles of the time.