In 1907, he founded the Nurul Huda Minor School and Nurul Hua Junior Madrasa. From 1951 to 1962, it became known as Nurul Huda High Madrasa. At an Islamic conference in
Bogra in March 1913, he co-founded the
Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala alongside
Mohammad Akram Khan,
Maniruzzaman Islamabadi and
Muhammad Shahidullah. Baqi was also the president of the
Indian National Congress's
Dinajpur branch. He took part in the
Khilafat Movement and the
Non-cooperation movement. Baqi was imprisoned twice for his involvement in the civil disobedience movements. In 1935, he was the president of the North Bengal Ahl-e-Hadith Conference in
Haragach,
Rangpur District. As a member of the
Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, he contributed to the
Pakistan Movement. After the
independence of Pakistan in 1947, he helped to establish the East Bengal Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith. He also associated with the
Bengali language movement very early on, joining the East Bengal Language Committee and signing a twelve-member memorandum requesting the government to recognise and promote an official standardised Bengali language based on
Eastern Bengali. Among those that signed the letter are
Mohammad Akram Khan,
Muhammad Shahidullah,
Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury,
Syed Muhammad Afzal, Mizanur Rahman (Deputy Minister of Education), Syed Abul Hasnat Muhammad Ismail (Deputy Inspector-General of Police),
Ajit Kumar Guha, AQM Adamuddin (Professor, Naogaon Islamic Intermediate College),
Abul Kalam Shamsuddin,
Shamsunnahar Mahmud and Shaikh Sharafuddin (Professor, Islamic Intermediate College). Baqi also became a member of the
1st National Assembly of Pakistan and the
East Pakistan Legislative Assembly. He also served as president of the
Muslim League's
East Bengal branch. ==Bibliography==