 Harshavadan Mansukhlal Jani was born on 20 October 1954 in Vartej, a city in Bhavnagar district to Mansukhlal and Nandanben.He took his primary education from Vartej Primary School.He completed his high school education (old ssc) in 1971 from Koliyak Madhyamik Shala, Koliyak.