[2][3][4][5][6] Khurshid Jahan Haq was born on 11 August 1939 in Balaburi, in the Dinajpur District of the Bengal Presidency.
She belonged to a Bengali Muslim family with origins in Fulgazi, Feni District.
[7][8] Her mother, Taiyaba Majumder, was from Chandbari (now in Uttar Dinajpur District).
[9][7] After matriculation from the local schools, she attended Kumudini College where she received a BA degree in 1958.
[1] Jahan served as a vice-chairmen of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and in 1991 was named as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the reserved seat for women.