He was born in 1920 in Baragaon village of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh to Father Ashfaq Ur Rehman Kidwai and mother Nasimunnisa.,[REF][REF]
He studied BA at Jamia Millia Islamia University, 1940, M.Sc at University of Illinois, US, 1948 and Ph.D at Cornell University, US, 1950 [REF].