Early Life
As per semi-fictional book written by M. J. Akbar, Blood Brothers – A Family Saga, he suggested that his grandfather was a Hindu named Prayag, who converted into Islam in Telinipura, a small jute-mill town north of Calcutta, acquired the name Rehmatullah and married a Muslim girl. Akbar attended Calcutta Boys' School and later Presidency College, Calcutta where he attained a BA(Hons) in English between 1967 - 1970.
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