In 1971 Liberation War, freedom fighter SMA Karim fought in Sector 11. He joined the liberation movement from 1968 as Chhatra League worker.

Karim was one of those people who made the first flag in Iqbal hall of Dhaka University. He got trained in Deradun training camp of Uttarakhand in India and fought as a deputy commander of Tangail during 1971 war.

He was born and raised in Tangail district. He completed his Honours' and Masters in Journalism from DU and later worked and retired as deputy secretary of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh.

Presently he is a resident of Mohammadpur.