[2] His father Khan Bahadur Muhammad Jan was a Government lawyer in British India.
[1][4] Rehman was elected to 9th Lok Sabha from Darbhanga constituency on Janata Dal ticket.
[6][1] He served as Minister of Health and Family Welfare in Chandra Shekhar's government from November 1990 to February 1991.
[1][2] Shakeelur Rehman had written books on aesthetics and was known as Babe-Jamaliat and more than 50 plays for the stage, TV and radio.
His near relative Tanwir Phool is a Pakistani author and poet writing in Urdu and English.