 Sibte Hassan was born on 31 July 1916 in Ambari, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.During his college days he had Amarnath Jha and Firaq Gorakhpuri as teachers, both who would end up as some of India's greatest intellectuals and recipients of the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the country.He graduated from Aligarh Muslim University.