[1] He was an inaugural member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, representing the Kharba constituency.

Tafazzal Hossain was born into a Bengali Muslim family from the village of Naikunda in Malda district, Bengal Presidency.

[2] He married Mariam Bibi, and they had a son named Mahabubul Haque Badal on 31 July 1941.

Haque won the Kharba seat in the 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

[3] Hossain won the Kharba constituency seat in the inaugural 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, standing as an Indian National Congress candidate.