A. Ahmed (29 October 1908 – 22 February 1999[1]) was an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh, belonging to the Communist Party of India.

In the 1930s, acting on instructions from the CPI, he joined the Congress Socialist Party in which he served as All India Joint Secretary.

After a brief period in exile in Pakistan in the 1940s, Ahmed returned to India and became Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Committee of the CPI.

[2] In Britain he befriended Sajjad Zaheer and K. M. Ashraf, upon returning to India all three joined the Congress Socialist Party upon instructions from the underground CPI.

[7] Moreover, he was also facing problems inside the CPI as he did not adhere to the B. T. Ranadive line that had emerged victorious at the Second Party Congress.

Zafaruddin served as Deputy Inspector General of Police in Karachi, and came under pressure to hand over Ahmed to the authorities but refused to comply.