Narasingha Mohanty was born in 1915 in Brahmana Bhoi village in Cuttack district. His father Banshidhar Mohanty was working as a surveyor in the Kujang Bardhaman estate. He had his early education in Kujang where in his childhood days he observed the exploitation of British officials by the people.
In 1930, when Civil Disobedience Movement started, Narasingha left the school and joined the movement. While picketing before the shops selling foreign clothes and liquor, he was arrested and sentenced to six months and a half imprisonment. But after his release he again renewed his activities and was imprisoned for four months.
In 1942, when Quit India Movement began, Surendra Nath Dwivedy was the most active leader in Odisha who along with his team was wanted by police for a lot of seditious activities like burning of police stations, armed insurrection, distribution of leaflets inciting hatred against the raj, etc. Narasingha Mohanty was one of the team members of Dwivedy who helped him underground. At last, when he was caught and arrested, the police however could not produce any strong evidence against them. But he was sentenced to four months of rigorous imprisonment and spent his imprisonment life in Cuttack, Berhampur, and Patna. Inside the jail, he was treated like a dreaded criminal.
After independence he was more involved in the socialist movement started by Acharya Narendra Dev, Jai Prakash Narayan, and Ram Manohar Lohia whose ideologies influenced him. He was in charge of the ‘Krushak Press’ of Cuttack founded with the money donated to Jai Prakash Narayan and fought for the interest of farmers and labour class. He opposed tooth and nail the entry of multi-national companies to India and was a strong proponent of the swadeshi and a self-reliant economic system. He passed away on 1 March 1998.