 Ramesh Chandra Agarwal was born on 30 November 1944 in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh and was the son of Seth Dwarka Prasad Agarwal, who ran a book business in Jhansi.In 1956 he came to Bhopal with his father and laid the foundation of "Dainik Bhaskar" in 1958.He held a post-graduate degree (Master's in Arts) in Political Science from Bhopal University, Bhopal.