Anjuman Mufidul Islam was founded in 1905, in Calcutta, British India, as a voluntary, non-profit and non-political social welfare organization by a prominent businessman and philanthropist, Sheth Ibrahim Mohammad Dupley of Surat. Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Haque, Syed Nawab Ali Choudhury, H. S. Suhrawardy, Khawja Nazimuddin & other leading personalities of twentieth century gave leadership to Anjuman as Presidents of the organization. Anjuman was established in Dhaka.
