Early Life
Sorcar was born in a traditional kayastha/kshatriya family on February 23, 1913 in Ashekpur, Tangail District in Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He studied in Shibnath High School. His initial magic lessons were from the magician Ganapati Chakraborty. He became famous from the mid-1930s, when he performed shows in Kolkata and also in Japan and several other countries.
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