Ghulam Hussain was born in
Calcutta in a Syed family. Initially, he worked at
Agha Hashar Kashmiri's drama company, where he once saw Acchan Mahraj's performance. This was his first encounter with Kathak. After the downfall of drama in 1930 as an art, he along with other artists gathered there in
Rampur where he became ganda band disciple of Acchan Maharaj and learnt from him. ==Migration to Pakistan==