Bishnupada Deb was born on 3 January 1954. Regarding his childhood memories, he recollected how his mother went to Sultanpur, Comilla, after passports were regularised between India and Pakistan. Evidently, after the 1947 Partition, his maternal home became a part of East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh). Though he travelled with his mother, Bishnupada Deb did not remember much of his time spent across the borders.

For most of his life, he had stayed at Mahishkala, Tripura. Before coming to Mahishkala, his family stayed for a couple of years in Jainagar. In 1971, he was to take the Higher Secondary Examinations, which unfortunately got postponed for two months due to the Bangladesh Liberation War. After narrating a bit about his understanding of what led to the Liberation War in East Pakistan, he referred to refugees coming to Tripura and Assam. A week before the war, he surreptitiously crossed over to East Pakistan through the borders near Jainagar. He saw how the Pakistani soldiers had destroyed houses so that those did not become targets of the Indian army. 

Soon camps were formed to shelter refugees at Mahishkala and other places. He got acquainted with a few refugees who tilled his familial lands. He held the view that the government had been quite munificent in its treatment of refugees. The refugees were provided daily rations like rice, milk etc. They were given bamboo and tents to build their settlements. International agencies also offered aid to the stranded refugees. 

During the 1971 Liberation War, he remembered that the Pakistani army had bombed Agartala for two consecutive days. A medical shop was destroyed near his home. Bishnupada Deb also saw an Indian army bunker get hit by a shell. However, no casualties were reported. According to him, the Indian army had marched in Mahishkala on 23 November 1971. He stayed up an entire night to watch the mobilisation of the Indian army. He narrated an anecdote he heard from his friends – the Indian army failed to find routes marked out on the map. For, in reality, those roads did not exist. Excitedly, he recounted the manner of Pakistan’s surrender to the Indian army. 

He firmly believed that the local population as well as the government had helped the refugees. Many did not return to Bangladesh after the conclusion of the war. As a result, the population of Tripura drastically increased.