Though politics was Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed’s forte, he always showed keen interest in sports and many extracurricular activities.
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was an excellent tennis player and golfer. He was the president of the Assam Football Association. He was also elected as the president of the Assam Cricket Association for several terms. He also held the position of vice president of the Assam Sports Council.
In April 1967, he was elected as the president of the All India Cricket Association. Other than these, he was also a member of the Delhi Golf Club and the Delhi Gymkhana Club since 1961.
Though he was basically a sports enthusiast, he had excellent taste in music and fine arts too. He enjoyed the music of Ghaleb.
A medical college, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College, has been named after him at Barpeta in Assam.
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