Background
Ahmed was born in Mymensingh to Abdur Rahim Farazi and Mir Jahan Begum.
litterateur journalist politician
Ahmed was born in Mymensingh to Abdur Rahim Farazi and Mir Jahan Begum.
Then he completed Bachelor of Arts from Dhaka College in 1921. He studied Law at Ripon College, Calcutta (later renamed Surendranath College) and passed the Business Level examination in 1929.
He was the father of Mahfuz Anam, journalist and editor of The Daily Star. He passed the Matriculation exam from Nasirabad Mrithunjoy Vidyalay in 1917 and the Intermediate exam from Jagannath College in 1919. He got involved in Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements.
During 1929-1938 he practiced law in Mymensingh.
Later, worked at Kolkata as a professional journalist and a political activist until the 1947 partition. He worked for The Krsak, Navayug, Ittehad, Soltan and The Mohammadi.
Huq joined the Congress movement under Subhas Chandra Bose. Ahmed was the main architect of the 21 point program of the United Front election manifesto.
He was the provincial education minister in the United Front Cabinet under Alaska Fazlul Huq and the central commerce and industries minister and Deputy Prime minister of the Awami League government of Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in 1957.
He was imprisoned when Martial Law was declared by General Ayub Khan in 1958 and was released in 1962.
In 1954 United Front election he became elected member of parliament from Trishal, Mymensingh constituency.