Kamrudding Ahmed was born on 8 September 1912 in Sholaghar, Sreenagar Upazila, Munshifanj District, Bengal Presidency ‘British India.
He graduated from Barisal Zilla School in 1929 and from B. M. College in 1931. He completed his B.A. in 1934 and M.A. in 1935 from the University of Dhaka in English.
He joined Armanitola Government High School in Dhaka as a teacher. He was a supporter of the All India Muslim League which he left after the Partition of India in 1947.
After the independence of Bangladesh, he served as the General Secretary of the Trade Union Federation. From 1976 to 1978 he was the President of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. He wrote a number of historical books on Bengal and Bangladesh
