Amjad Hossain was born in 1924 at Charsadirajpur under PS Kumarkhali District Kushtia, Later his father Sheikh Rafiq Uddin and mother Parijan Nessa permanently settled at Nurpur of Pabna town.
The time when Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy became the prime minister of Pakistan he appointed young Amjad Hossain as his political secretary.
For his persuasive capability and facing formidable challenges Amjad Hossain earned enormous faith and popularity within his party and of the people in general.
A close confidante of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,[citation needed] Amjad Hossain shouldered the charges of president of greater Pabna district Awami League in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
He sent a special envoy to the Government of West Bengal seeking military logistics because it seemed the Pakistani political crisis could no longer be solved peacefully.