HEMVATI NANDAN BAHUGUNAHe was the sixth child of his parents. was born on 25th April, 1919 in a small village called Bhugani in the district of Pauri Garhwal in Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand). His father Ravati Nandan Bahuguna was a village Patwari and his mother Dipa, a simple house wife.
The Bahuguna family hails from Bughani, Pauri Garhwal but settled in Allahabad.In 1937, he moved to Allahabad for further studies and was admitted into the Government Intermediate College.