Abdus Sattar
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Justice Abdus Sattar was a President of Bangladesh. He was born in 1906 in Daraka of Bolpur, Birbhum district of West Bengal
(Now in India
). Justice Sattar obtained his MA in Political Science and Law degree in 1929 from Calcutta University. He then joined the Calcutta Judge Court Bar.
Some career highlights of Justice Sattar: Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan-1969-1972. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bangladesh Jiban Bima Corporation-1973-1974. Chairman of Journalist Wage Board-1974-1975. Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs-1977
President Sattar was removed from power by a coup-d'etat led by the army chief Hossain Muhammad Ershad on March 24, 1982 and died in Dhaka on October 5, 1985.
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
(Now in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
). Justice Sattar obtained his MA in Political Science and Law degree in 1929 from Calcutta University. He then joined the Calcutta Judge Court Bar.
Some career highlights of Justice Sattar: Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan-1969-1972. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bangladesh Jiban Bima Corporation-1973-1974. Chairman of Journalist Wage Board-1974-1975. Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs-1977
President Sattar was removed from power by a coup-d'etat led by the army chief Hossain Muhammad Ershad on March 24, 1982 and died in Dhaka on October 5, 1985.