[1] Ahmad was born on 2 April 1923 in Golapganj Upazila, Sylhet District, Assam, British India.
[2] He was the General Secretary of All Assam Muslim Students Federation and campaigned in the 1947 Sylhet Referendum which resulted in Sylhet District being separated from Assam and joined to East Bengal (present Bangladesh).
[2] Ahmad was involved in the 1952 Bengali Language movement and had to flee East Pakistan for Great Britain after the government tried to detain him for his involvement in the movement.
[2] Ahmad published two newspapers in England, Desher Dak and Eastern News.
[2] He opened a restaurant called the Ganges in Gerrard Street, Soho, London.