Khuda Buksh
Khuda Buksh (1 February 1912 – 13 May 1974) was an eminent Bengali life insurance salesman and humanitarian from the Indian subcontinent. For four decades he represented the "life and soul of the insurance industry" throughout the region, leaving his indelible mark on the business in three separate countries: British India (specifically in East India), Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Buksh, or "Insurance Giant," as he became known, gained fame in the 1940s, specifically for his salesmanship in East India. From the 1950s to 1960s, he helped build one of Pakistan's top insurance companies from scratch, placing it on the world map. He was the pioneer of life insurance industry growth and development in Bangladesh; his name became "synonymous with the life insurance industry," and he is even referred to, in Bangladesh, as the "Father of Insurance."
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"Keep your watchful eyes ever vigilant so that no breadwinner of your areas of activities dies leaving his family uncared for . . . Attain belief in the job. Have conviction that life assurance is the most noble profession." – Khuda Buksh, Your Duty is Onerous, Symposium on Life Insurance in Pakistan (July 1967) | |
| Born | 1 February 1912 Damodya, Shariatpur, British India |
| Died | 13 May 1974 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education | Educated at Presidency College, Kolkata, India. |
| Occupation | Insurance Salesman |
| Notable work | Life insurance business development in Indian subcontinent |
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