Prem Dhoj Pradhan was born in 1983 at Chautara, a small town 28 Miles east of Kathmandu. Brought up by his mother in an environment where music was synonymous with meaningful living, Prem Dhoj grew up to love it. His mother, Mrs. Buddha laxmi, taught him first lessons of music. He went to school for eight months in 1954 with the late Mr. Ganesh Lal. It was from Nepal's laureate of music that Prem Dhoj learnt fundamentals of classical music. However, Prem Dhoj remains a self-educated artist, for he takes music both as discipline and relaxation. His musical career has, therefore, been a stretch of deep search for self-expression, relieved only by constant practice and cultivation invariably culmination in a string of enduring numbers.

In 1953, Prem Dhoj was barely sixteen when he participated in a voice test sponsored by Radio Nepal. Since his enthralling performances with songs like A maun nisha ka tara ho or O chhu galli thaw chhu galli Prem Dhoj became the most sought-for artist by organizers of cultural programmes. It seemed as if Prem Dhoj's songs had lent self-expression to turbulent inner urge of a whole generation of Nepalese youth. The young artist was, however, groping for adequate style and technique that would help in the flowering of his musical talents. Even up to 1959 he was vacillating between group songs of popular patriotic strain (inaugurated by song like yo Nepali Shir Wuchali) and love-lorn melody of romance bereavement.