Khabeeruddin Ahmed

Khabeeruddin Ahmed was a politician, lawyer, and a member of Central Legislative Assembly of British India. He was a founding member of the all India independent Democratic Party, and later became a leader of the All-India Muslim League.

Early life and education

Ahmed was born in 1870 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Biswanathpur in Nawabganj, then part of the Malda district of the Bengal Presidency. He was admitted to the University of Cambridge, and trained as a barrister at the Gray's Inn in London.

Career

Upon his return to British India, he enrolled at the Calcutta High Court, and took an interest in British Indian national politics. In addition, he practiced law at the Federal Court of India when it was established in New Delhi. Khabeeruddin died in New Delhi in March 1939. He was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly until he died.