[1] He was born into the prominent Djajadiningrat family in Kabayan village, Pandeglang on August 16, 1877, and died in Purwakarta on December 22, 1943.

He also served as a member of the Volkraad quasi-legislature and of the Council of the Indies (an advisory body to the Dutch Empire in Indonesia).

In 1936 he authored a book of his memoirs titled Herinneringen van Pangeran Aria Achmad Djajadiningrat which contains over 37 years of his experience in public services, among others, as regent of Serang (1901–1927), regent of Batavia, Volksraad member, member of the Raad van Indie, and representative of the Dutch East Indies as the Dutch delegation at the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

[4] In 1936 his autobiography, Herinneringen van Pangeran Aria Achmad Djajadiningrat, was published in Amsterdam and Batavia by Kolff & Co.

In the same year, this book was translated into Indonesian and published by Kolff and Balai Pustaka under the title "Kenang-Kenangan Achmad Djajadiningrat, 1877-1943".