[3] He received his early education at Madrasa Islamia Buxi Bazar, Cuttack, and the Roman Catholic Middle English School.

[5][2] After Habibullah Tasnim Jaipuri moved to Rangoon, keeping his name hidden, he started taking corrections from his father, Muhammad Yusuf Yusuf, and at the same time, he also benefited a little from Rahmat Ali Rahmat (d. 1963), father of Karamat Ali Karamat.

In 1938, he moved to Waltair, Visakhapatnam, so he established Bazm-e-Adab there with the support of some friends, of which he was also president from 1941 to 1954 and which was named later the All-Andhra Urdu Majlis, which still continues the sense for poetry and literature among the Urdu-speaking classes there.

He was asked to take on the role of president of Bazm-e-Adab, Cuttack, which he did, serving in that capacity until he fell out with the Majlis administration.

[24] Najmi first started writing poetry in Odiya during her school days, inspired by Radhanath Ray and Madhusudan Rao.

[30][31] In 1916–17, Najmi turned to acting and playwriting inspired by Agha Hashar's style,[32][33][34] appeared on the formal stage in 1921, and by 1928 began directing plays.

[33] He wrote four plays: Badnaseeb Badshah, Kaamyaab Talwar, Kishore Kanta, and Insaf Ka Koda.

[39][40] In 1988, Nuruddin Ahmed wrote a book in English called The Brightest Heaven on Najmi's thought and art,[31][41][42] and in addition, Ahmed, under the supervision of Muhammad Qamaruddin Khan, wrote a thesis in English on Western influence on the poetry of Iqbal and Najmi and obtained a doctorate degree from Utkal University.

Similarly, Masihullah Masih completed his doctorate by writing a thesis titled The Life and Work of Amjad Najmi in 1980, under the supervision of Prof. Samiul Haq.

Star of Poets) by the All Andhra Urdu Majlis at the annual conference held at Machilipatnam in recognition of his poetic excellence and his literary services.

[32] Shamsuddin Shams Muneeri, in his poetry collection Gulbang, vouched for a stanza of Najmi and mentioned him as Shayer-e-Orissa (transl.