Sadat Abul Masud

Sadat Abul Masud
Born West Bengal, India
Occupation Justice of law
Awards Padma Bhushan
Friends of Liberation War Honour

Sadat Abul Masud was an Indian justice of law and a former judge at Kolkata High Court.[1] He was one of the four members of the 6th Finance Commission of India set up by the Government of India in 1972, under the chairmanship of Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, for advising on the Centre-State finance allocations.[2][3] In March 2012, when Bangladesh decided to honour the friends of the country who assisted them in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, he was one among the recipients of the Friends of Liberation War Honour.[4] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1985, for his contributions to society.[5]

References

  1. "List of Recipients of Friends of Liberation War Honour on 27 March 2012" (PDF). HCI Dhaka. 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  2. Virendra Kumar (1975). Committees and Commissions in India: 1947-1973. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-81-7022-209-5.
  3. "Finance Commission of India" (PDF). Government of India. 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  4. "Foreign friends get honours for war role today". The Daily Star. 27 March 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  5. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
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