Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi was an Islamic Scholar and the main person responsible for establishing a centre of excellence where the true teachings of Islam are taught. Nanotvi was born in a Gujjar family in 1833 in Nanota, a village near Saharanpur, India. He completed his early education in his hometown and then he was sent to Deoband, where he studied in Maulvi Mahtab Ali's madrassa. Then, he travelled to Saharanpur, where he remained with his maternal grandfather.