Alam was born on 22 March 1922 in Budaun, in Khandan-e-Bani Hameed, a clan of erstwhile Qazis and Zamindars.
His father, Maulvi Ikram Alam, was a well known Zamindar, lawyer and politician of the region and played an active part in the state's politics.
In 1969, Alam contested the assembly election from Budaun on Indian National Congress's ticket, but he came second, losing to Jan Sangh's Kishanswaroop Vaish by 10,000 votes.
Alam, along with SK Goel, Raja Purshottamlal Bhadwar, Asrar Ahmad, Mir Mazhar Ali and others became the key leaders of the Congress Party in Budaun District.
In 1973, Akbar Ali Khan, the then Governor of Uttar Pradesh, paid a visit to Alam in Budaun.
During these elections, several key politicians of the Indian National Congress including Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, Jagjivan Ram, Kamlapati Tripathi, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, Ammar Rizvi and others met him at Budaun.
He was laid to rest in Jogipura (Bijnor) in the graveyard of Dargah Najafe Hind.