Durga Das Basu

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Durga Das Basu (1910–1997) was an Indian jurist and lawyer. He wrote the Commentary on the Constitution of India and Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law.{{cite book|last1=Basu|first1=Durga Das|title=Introduction to the Constitution of India|year=2013 |publisher=Lexis Nexis|isbn=978-8180389184|edition=21st}} The former is one of the most important textbooks in social sciences and legal studies related to the Constitution of India.{{cite book|last1=Pai|first1=Sudhish|title=Legends in Law (Our Great Forebears)|date=1 August 2013|publisher=Universal Law Publishing|isbn=9789350352458|edition=1st}}

He was born in 1910. Basu was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1985, and nominated as honorary fellow of Asiatic Society in 1994.{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }} He died in the year 1997.