Hazari Prasad Dwivedi - Early Life

Early Life

He was born on 19 August 1907 at Dubey-ka-Chhapra village in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh in a traditional family famous for astrologers. His father Pandit Anamol Dwivedi was a learned Sanskrit scholar.

Dr. Dwivedi had his early education until middle examination at his village school. After completing his intermediate, he also studied Jyotisha and Sanskrit at a traditional school to qualify for 'AchArya' degree in astrology and 'Shastri' dregree in Sanskrit.

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