Shortly thereafter, Abdul Halim was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly from the Rural Muslim Constituency of the Dhaka in 1927 as an independent candidate.

He attended all the three Round Table Conferences held in London in 1930, 1931 and 1932 as a delegate of the All India Muslim League.

The job of the committee was to consider the nature of the conditions which would enable Burma to be separated from British India on equitable terms.

[3] Abdul Halim was again elected a member of the Central Legislative Assembly from the Rural Muslim Constituency of the Dhaka-Mymensingh in 1931 and in 1935 continuing as an independent candidate.

[2] Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath, on the birthday of King Emperor George V, Jun 3, 1935.