Subimal Dutt
Subimal Dutt Ambassador of India to Germany | |
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In office 1952–1954 | |
Succeeded by | A. C. N. Nambiar |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
Subimal Dutt (সুবিমল দত্ত),
Early life and career
Subimal Dutt hailed from the village Kanungopara near Chittagong in the
Diplomatic career
In August 1947 he was appointed Commonwealth Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, From 1952-54, he was India's first ambassador to
Post retirement
Between 1964 and 1968, Dutt served as the Vigilance Commissioner of West Bengal where, appalled at how corruption had become endemic in public life, he coined the term 'speed money' noting that it had become a way of life.[8][9] He chaired the Industrial Licensing Policy Inquiry Committee, known as the Dutt Committee, whose report in 1969 led to the enactment of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act in India.[10][11] Between 1968 and February 1972, he held the post of Central Vigilance Commissioner. He also authored With Nehru in the Foreign Office in 1977.[12]
Death
Subimal Dutt died on 2 March 1992 in
Literature
1. Amit Das Gupta, Serving India. A political biography of Subimal Dutt (1903-1992), India's longest serving Foreign Secretary (New Delhi: Manohar, 2017).
2. Amit R. Das Gupta, "Foreign Secretary Subimal Dutt and the prehistory of the Sino-Indian border war", in: Das Gupta, Amit R., und Lüthi, Lorenz M., The Sino-Indian War in 1962: New Perspectives (New Delhi: Routledge, 2017): 48-67.
References
- ^ a b Gupta, Sisir (29 April 1978). "Bureaucrats and Politicians". Economic and Political Weekly. - XIII No. 17.
- ^ "New Indian agent Mr. Subimal Dutt Appointed". The Straits Times. 6 December 1940. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ London Gazette, 13 June 1946
- ^ "Previous Indian Ambassadors to the Federal Republic of Germany". Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru - Volume 28" (PDF). Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ Aiyar, Mani Shankar. "The Day After". Rediff. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ISBN 9780070680883.
- ^ "Of MPs, fudged expenses and what India spends on them". Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Cheating: A way of life". Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ISBN 9788170221975.
- ^ "Dutt Committee Report". Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "With Nehru in the Foreign Office". Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ISBN 9788178353722.