As a member of the Central Legislative Assembly, he played an active role in the Indian independence movement.
After that, he enrolled at a madrasa in Kanpur where he completed his education in Islamic studies and Arabic language.
[3] At an Islamic conference in Bogra in March 1913, he co-founded the Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala alongside Mohammad Akram Khan, Maniruzzaman Islamabadi and Muhammad Shahidullah.
[6] Among those that signed the letter are Mohammad Akram Khan, Muhammad Shahidullah, Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Syed Muhammad Afzal, Mizanur Rahman (Deputy Minister of Education), Syed Abul Hasnat Muhammad Ismail (Deputy Inspector-General of Police), Ajit Kumar Guha, AQM Adamuddin (Professor, Naogaon Islamic Intermediate College), Abul Kalam Shamsuddin, Shamsunnahar Mahmud and Shaikh Sharafuddin (Professor, Islamic Intermediate College).
[citation needed] Baqi wrote several works in Bengali, and he also had a fluency in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and English.