 Bhagat Singh Koshyari was born on 17 June 1942 to Gopal Singh Koshyari and Motima Devi at Palanadhura Chetabgarh, Bageshwar District, Uttarakhand.Koshyari holds a master's degree in English and studied at Almora College, Almora (then affiliated with Agra University, now S.S.J.Campus Almora of Kumaon University).