He served, from 1926, on the Bengal Legislative Council, as Education minister for Bengal (1934–1937), as the speaker of the Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937–1942), as the vice-chancellor of Calcutta University (1938–1942),[2] as the High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom (December 1941 – May 1943), and as the member in charge, on the Viceroy's Executive Council, of the Department of Commerce, Food, Industries and Civil supplies (May 1943 – 1945).

[3][4] Azizul Haque was born on 27 November 1892, to a Bengali Muslim family in Shantipur, located in the Nadia district of the erstwhile Bengal Presidency.

His father, Mohammad Mozammel Huq, is a renowned Bengali poet and author.

His grandfather, Nasiruddin Ahmad, and paternal family were originally from the village of Baweegachi, not far from Shantipur town.

He started his career with a government job in 1914, and found employment as a Deputy Magistrate.

He published an article titled A Plea for Separate Electorate in Bengal in protest to the Nehru Report of 1931.

His report presented a comprehensive educational plan that would support the cultures of the Muslims.

[4] On 4 April 1938, the Azizul Haque College in Bogra was established in his name by Khan Bahadur Muhammad Ali and Moulvi Abdus Sattar.