Swami Amar Jyoti was born on May 6, 1928 in a town in northwestern India, not far from the banks of the Indus River. His youth interests were lots of: science, mathematics, music, composing, cycling, drama and sports, and He brilliantly excelled in all of these. His college education was momentarily interrupted by the partition of India in 1947, however He quickly transferred to a college in Mumbai