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Khuda Buksh was born on February 1, 1912 in Damodya, Shariatpur (erstwhile Faridpur). He passed his entrance (matriculation) examination from Shamacharan Edward Institution, in 1929. Later on, he completed Intermediate Examination from Islamia College (presently Moulana Azad College), Kolkata, India in 1931. In 1933 he got admitted to B.A. (Hons) in Presidency College, Kolkata. In December 1935 he joined Oriental Government Security Life Assurance Company Kolkata, India (OGSLA) as a life insurance agent. He was promoted to the position of Inspector of OGSLA in 1946. In 1952 Khuda Buksh left OGSLA and joined as Life Manager, Eastern Federal Union Insurance Company Limited (EFU), East Pakistan. As Life Manager, Khuda Buksh worked tirelessly to overcome ingrained religious and cultural prejudices against life insurance. His passion, devotion and unique sales strategies led him to train, motivate, and manage thousands of salesmen during his long career. He created a large number of field organizations from scratch and under his leadership life insurance flourished in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). During his overall tenure in East Pakistan, life insurance was synonymous with Khuda Buksh. He was subsequently promoted to Life Manager, Deputy General Manager and General Manager in 1960, 1963 and 1966 respectively of EFU Life department, Pakistan.

With the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation in 1971 a new era started. In 1972 all life insurance companies were nationalised in Bangladesh. Khuda Buksh was chosen as one of the directors of the Surma Jiban Bima Corporation. In 14 May 1973 Khuda Buksh was nominated Managing Director of Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC). However, he was relieved by the Bangladesh government from JBC in November 1973 following vehement trade union unrest. He died on 13 May 1974.

Along with his activities as an administrator, he published a good number of articles on insurance; its prospects and possibilities. His articles 'Selling Life Insurance Successfully - A Career' (1961), 'Life Insurance Selling - A Profession' (1965), 'Your Duty Onerous', 'Symposium of Life Insurance' (1967), 'A Reminiscence: When I look back' (1967), 'Amar Sritikatha' (1967) are some very significant writings from his pen.