Fazlul Huq’s political career lasted nearly half a century, starting with his foundation of the All India MUSLIM LEAGUE at Dacca on 30 December 1906. In 1913, he was elected to British Bengal Legislative Council, probably the then version of national assembly, and remained the member until 1947, independence of Pakistan.

As a member of the indian national congress he was instrumental in formulating the Lucknow pact of 1916 between the Congress and the Muslim League. In 1917 Huq was a Joint Secretary of the Indian National Congress and in 1918-1919 he served this organisation as its General Secretary. Huq was also the president of the All India Muslim League from 1916 to 1921. In 1919 Fazlul Huq was chosen as a member of the Enquiry Committee along with Motilal Nehru, C R Das and other prominent leaders set up by the Indian National Congress to investigate the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre. Although Huq was in a leadership role of non-cooperation movement and Khelafat andolon, but he was opposed to the idea of boycotting of schools and colleges, particularly considering the backward condition of the Muslim community. He felt that the boycott resolution would hamper the progress of the Muslim boys and girls.

In 1920 Huq brought out a daily paper NABAJUG along with KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM and MUZAFFAR AHMAD
He became the Mayor of Calcutta in1935, was the Chief Minister of undivided Bengal 1937-1943 and of East Bengal in 1954. He became the home Minister of Pakistan in 1955 and was the Governor of East Pakistan 1956-58.
Sher-e-Bangla was noted for charisma in politics at a time when figures like Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah, C R das, Shohrawardi were also active in politics. Oratory of Sher-e-Bangla is still mentioned in different political history book on Bengal.
Despite Sher-e-Bangla’s political life often showed self contradicting and differing, often erratic, political ideology, he remains a formidable figure in Bengal as well as Indian political landscape for his relentless efforts towards progress of Bengali nation and at the same time his contributions for his dreamt united independent India. Huq was very simple in his private and public life. Even during his lifetime the people, irrespective of caste and creed, adored him for his generous and charitable disposition. He ran into debts for helping the distressed and the needy.
His life long struggles for the upliftment of the backward Bengali Muslim community and for the removal of poverty of vast peasant masses are the highest points of his life.
His funeral drew a crowd of about half a million to mourn his death.

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