Gopal Chandra Chakravarty was born at Nowgaon (now District Headquarters of Nowgaon District of Bangladesh) in Rajshahi district of undivided Bengal. Gopal Chandra joined the freedom movement in his school days and in his college life was externed, interned and sentenced to imprisonment.

USHAGRAM TRUST is a multi-purpose, multifaceted voluntary organization founded in 1980. Ushagram Trust has an alternative and integrated outlook on rural development. All activities are non-profit, nonpolitical and voluntary.