Khan Shamsur Rahman (Bengali: খান শামসুর রহমান), also known as Khan Mohammad Shamsur Rahman,[1] was a Bangladeshi diplomat and the first ambassador of Bangladesh to the Soviet Union.
[4] His defence lawyer was his older brother Ataur Rahman Khan who was the former Chief Minister of East Pakistan.
[4] On 10 January 1972, he received Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the airport when he returned to Independent Bangladesh from prison in Pakistan.
[8] Rahman was posted High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India.
[7] He presented his credentials to President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on 1 August.