[2] He was educated at Sivananda Vidyalayam, Batticaloa and Trincomalee Hindu College.

[3] Abdul Majeed's son Mohamed Najeeb is a provincial councillor and Member of Parliament and former Chief Minister of Eastern Province.

[5] He stood as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate in Mutur at the July 1960 parliamentary election.

Abdul Majeed lost his seat at the 1977 parliamentary election.

[2] The militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was widely blamed for the assassination.