Pahlowan was born on 16 December 1895 to a Bengali family from Chinaiduli in Islampur, Jamalpur subdivision, Mymensingh district, Bengal Presidency.
He then enrolled at the Jamalpur Government School, but was later expelled due to his involvement in the independence movement.
[4] Palwan won that election despite a huge cost difference and managed to regained his seat.
On 21 November 1921, Palwan strongly condemned and protested the indiscriminate firing by the police on the people during the hartal in Calcutta.
His fourth son, Ashraf Ud-Doullah Pahloan, was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad.