[2][3] Whilst studying engineering at Jadavpur University he came into contact with the communist movement thereby joining the student politics wing of the CPI (M).
[13] Again, facing Santosh Mohan Dev and Kabindra Purkayastha, Nurul Huda finished third in the Silchar seat in the 1996 Lok Sabha election.
[16] In 2005 the party relieved Nurul Huda of his responsibilities in Assam, and he shifted to work with the national level office of All India Kisan Sabha (peasants movement) in Delhi.
[18] The founding conference of the All India Fishers and Fisheries Workers’ Federation (AIFFWF), held in 2007 (co-organised by AIKS and the Centre of Indian Trade Unions), elected Nurul Huda as its treasurer.
[19] The 32nd All India Conference of AIKS, held in 2010, elected Nurul Huda as finance secretary of the organisation.
[20] Nurul Huda died on 17 December 2015, at Ruby Hospital in Kolkata, after having suffered a heart attack two days earlier.