Background
Hashim was born in the village of Kashiara in Burdwan district of West Bengal.
Hashim was born in the village of Kashiara in Burdwan district of West Bengal.
He graduated from Burdwan Raj College in 1928, which was then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, and earned a law degree in 1931 from the same university.
Then he started his law practice at the court of Burdwan. In his memoirs, Hashim mentions that at the meeting where he was elected to the post, he was clad in a dhoti. He opposed the creation of Jinnah"s vision of East Pakistan, the modern day Bangladesh.
But his hopes for stalling League"s progress were short-lived.
He maintained a political proximity with Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. But, he participated in the United Bengal movement in 1947, a movement which was opposed by the Indian National Congress.
After the partition of India, Hashim became the parliamentary leader of the opposition in West Bengal Provincial Assembly. Ironically, in 1950 Hashim decided to move to East Pakistan and settled in In 1940, Hashim began to experience problems with his eyesight, and his condition worsened in 1950 when he became completely blind.
Despite this problem, he continued his work in politics, and in 1960, he became the Director of the Islamic Academy.
