[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2013 posthumously by the government of Bangladesh for his involvement in Bengali Language Movement in 1952.
[1] Mohammad Abdul Wadud was born on 1 August 1925 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Rarhir Char in Chandpur, Tipperah district, Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh).
[3] Wadud was imprisoned for involvement in the language movement in 1948 and 1952 and again for refusing the charge of the ministry of military government in 1978.
[3] He was the general secretary of the student political organization East Pakistan Chhatra League from 1953 to 1954.
[1] He was married to Hamida Wadud Poly, the daughter of Bangabandu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's sister Khadijah Hossain Lily.