Abdul Qaiyum Ansari was an eminent nationalist and mass leader of twentieth-century India, whose contribution to the national movement is historic. He was born in Dehri-On-Sone, in the then Shahabad district (modern-day Rohtas) of Bihar, on 1 July 1905. The Son of M. Abdul Haque and Safia Begum, he received his education at Sasaram and Dehri High Schools, Aligarh Muslim University, Calcutta University, and Allahabad University. He could not complete his university education due to his active involvement in the movement for national independence. He married Asma Begum in October 1932 and had two sons- Khalid Anwer Ansari and Hasan Nishat Ansari and two daughters- Azra Raihana Haque and Najma Sultana.