[citation needed] His father was a scholar originally from Feni in eastern Bengal.

[citation needed] Rahman passed matriculation examination from Jalpaiguri Zila School in 1908.

He then spent two years researching political economy at the London School of Economics.

[citation needed] Rahman was elected a member of the Bengal Legislative Council in 1923 from the Dhaka University constituency.

[1] In 1937, the University of Dhaka conferred on Rahman the Honorary Doctorate Degree.