During the early days of his stay at Mussoorie in 1929, when Shri Nathji met Wali Muhammad and Istafa Khan, Shri Nathji was residing in a house near Himalaya Club.
It was there that Wali Muhammad came to him with a strange request. He wished to make an appointment for a friend of his, who was a confirmed atheist who defied the world of religion. No one had been able to convert him to a believer.
Professor Wali Mohammad gave private tuition in music to the children of Ram Rattan Khanna at Mussoorie.The man, also known as R.R. Khanna, was the Registrar of the Lucknow University.