Abdur Rahim (judge)

Sir Abdur Rahim, KCSI (September 1867 – 1952), sometimes spelt Abdul Rahim, was a judge and politician in British India, and a leading member of the Muslim League. He was President of the Nikhil Banga Praja Samiti from 1929 to 1934 and of the Central Legislative Assembly of India from 1935 to 1945.

Rahim was born into a highly educated family of Bengal, the son of Mawlawi Abdur Rab, who was a zamindar in the province's Midnapore district. Educated at Presidency College, Calcutta, and in England at the Inns of Court, he became a barrister of the Calcutta High Court in 1890, and later became a founding and influential member of the Muslim League.

Beyond his profession, Rahim was active in the world of education and became a member of the Senate and the Syndicate of the University of Madras. He was one of those who successfully promoted the foundation of the Maulana Azad College.

On 20 July 1908, Rahim was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras, and in September 1912 (with Lord Islington, Lord Ronaldshay, Herbert Fisher, and others) as a member of the Royal Commission on the Public Services in India of 1912–1915.

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