Early and Personal Life
Zillur Rahman was born on 9 March 1929 at Bhairab Upazila, Kishoreganj District, his mother's paternal home. His father, Meher Ali Mian, was a lawyer, the Chairman of the-then Mymensingh Local Board and the Member of the District Board.
Rahman was married to fellow Awami League politician Ivy Rahman, the Women's Affairs secretary of the same party. Ivy was killed in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack. Together they had one son – Nazmul Hassan Papon – and two daughters – Tania Bakht and Tanima Bakht. Papon is the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, managing director of Beximco Pharma and a MP.
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