[1][2][3][4] Ahmed was born on 8 September 1912 in Sholaghar, Sreenagar Upazila, Munshiganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India.
[5] Ahmed after finishing his studies joined Armanitola Government High School in Dhaka as a teacher.
He was appointed Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan to India based in Kolkata in 1957 and left his post in 1958.
After the independence of Bangladesh he served as the General Secretary of Trade Union Federation.
[5] His son, Nizamuddin Azad, was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation war and was a member of the Mukti Bahini.