Haridas, son of a government official, began his career as a translator in 1852. He joined the law class of Elphinstone Institute in 1855 and passed the examination as
munsif. In 1857, he successfully completed the final law examinations and for two years, from 1859 to 1861, the Bombay government engaged his services to translate the Indian civil and criminal laws into Gujarati. Also in 1857, he was enrolled as a lawyer of the Civil Court. When the Bombay High Court was established, he was admitted as a lawyer on appellate side. During his life, he was a
Kayastha and later he adopted
Pushtimarg as a follower of fifth house of
shuddhadvaita. He had also written novels and founded schools and libraries. ==References==