[1] Hashmey was born in 1894 to a Hashemite Muslim family in the village of Tetulia in Tala, Satkhira subdivision, Khulna district, Bengal Presidency.
[1] Hashmey is the father of Syed Kamal Bakht Saqi, a former president of the Satkhira Awami League and MP for Satkhira-1 (Tala-Kalaroa).
He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council in 1929, representing the Swarajya Dal and the Muslims of Khulna.
In February 1942, Hashmey was re-elected as a Progressive Coalition Party candidate and made deputy speaker of the assembly in support of the Indian National Congress.
[citation needed] Hashmey died on 9 January 1947 at his own home in Karraya road, Calcutta.