Famous folk singer Abdul Alim, was born on 27 July 1931 in the village of Talibpur in Murshidabad district. His father was Mohammad Yusuf Ali.

He did not have much formal education. He became attracted to music while at elementary school by hearing gramophone record. He took music lesson from a local instructor, Syed Golam Ali, and earned a reputation as a singer while quite young. Later at Calcutta he became close to Abbasuddin Ahmed and Kazi Nazrul Islam. He took lessons in folk music as well as classical music from Bedaruddin Ahmad, Ustad Mohammad Hossain Khasru, Momtaz Ali Khan, Abdul Latif, Kanailal Shil, Abdul Halim Chowdhury etc.

His first two songs recorded were- 'Tor Mostafake De Na Mago' and 'Aftab Ai Baslo Pate', for a gramophone company in 1943. After partition Abdul Alim settled in Dhaka as a radio artist. Abdul Alim used to sing on television and for films and recorded about five hundred songs. His mystic Murshidi songs were highly regarded.

Achievements
-- Ekushey Padak.
-- Purbani Chalachchitra Puraskar.
-- Bangladesh Chalachchitra Sangbadik Samiti Puraskar.

Abdul Alim died on 5th September 1974 in Dhaka.