Durga Das Basu (1910–1997) was an Indian

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and lawyer. He wrote the ''Commentary on the Constitution of India'' and ''Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law''. The former is one of the most important textbooks in social sciences and legal studies related to the

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. He was born in 1910. Basu was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1985, and nominated as honorary fellow of Asiatic Society in 1994. He died in the year 1997.

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1910 births 1997 deaths 20th-century Indian lawyers University of Calcutta alumni Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in public affairs Scholars from Kolkata {{India-law-bio-stub