Zahid F. Sarder Saddi was born into the aristocratic Talukder family of Pirojpur; he is the grandson of the famous Zamindar Abdus Salam Talukder of Pirojpur.In order to understand the legacy and life’s work of Zahid F. Sarder Saddi– known in his home country of Bangladesh as জাহিদ এফ সরদার সাদী– it’s necessary to gain some understanding of his family’s background, too. Azhar Ali Sardar, Saddi’s father, retired as a Secretary after performing high-level governmental duties during his career. Notably, he also served as an Ambassador to foreign nations, in addition to assisting with the United Nations peacekeeping mission to Cambodia (UNTAC) that facilitated free, fair, and credible elections for the country in the early 1990s. Azhar Ali Sardar took an active role in the 1971 War of Liberation; he was a Subdivision officer stationed at the Pirojpur and distributed treasury goods amongst the freedom fighters. His mother, Ruby Zakia Azhar, is the daughter of the late Abdus Salam Talukder. In her colorful academic career, she was the General Secretary of Eden Women’s College— which was the only government women’s university in what was known at the time as East Pakistan, now called Bangladesh.