[2] In 1934, when Shri Jaiprakash Narian lay the foundation of the Congress Socialist Party at Pune, Abdul Aleem was with him, amongst the founders.
When the first convention of the Progressive Writers was being called at Lucknow in 1936, Shri Abdul Aleem was amongst the organisers along with Sajjad Zaheer and others.
After independence was won, Abdul Aleem was invited to join the Aligarh Muslim University as head of the Department of Arabic.
In a short time he proved his worthiness in his assignment and was appointed as Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University in 1968.
Dr. Abdul Aleem was also a linguist in his own right, besides English, Hindi, Urdu, Persian and Arabic, he also had knowledge of German, French, Russian and Chinese.