Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Farooqi was born in 1891 in Comilla Town during the Bengal Presidency.
The family were descended from Kazi Omar Shah Farooqi, a high-ranking army officer of the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar who was awarded two parganas in the Tipperah district.
[1] He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council in 1921 and was appointed as its Chief Whip by Surendranath Banerjee, serving this role until 1929.
[1] During his time in Calcutta, he served as the president of the Tripura Society for a long period and was the chief editor of The Hanafi weekly newspaper.
[1] In honour of his father, he founded the Qazi Riazuddin High English School in Debidwar.