 He is the maternal uncle of A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid.At first, his name was 'Abul Kalam Shamsuddin', but the editor of the "Daily Azad" had the same name, so Shamsuddin adapted to the current form of his name.He was born in 1926 in Kamdevpur village under Nolsiti Thana in Barisal district.