Banga Bibhushan
Banga Bibhushan Samman (Bengali: বঙ্গবিভূষণ) is a title instituted by the West Bengal government to honour the services of personalities in various fields.[1] The Banga Ratna Samman and the Banga Bhushan Samman ("Bengal ornament" বঙ্গ ভূষণ) awards are also granted.
| Banga Bibhushan | |
|---|---|
| State Civilian award | |
| Awarded for | Services of personalities in various fields |
| Sponsored by | Government of West Bengal |
| Location | West Bengal |
| Reward(s) | ₹200,000 |
| First awarded | 2011 |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 22 |
| First winner | Amala Shankar |
| Last winner | Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussein Khan |
The award was conceived by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, on 25 July 2011.[2]
List of awardees
2011
| Name | Field |
|---|---|
| Amala Shankar | Dance |
| Mahashweta Devi | Literature |
| Sandhya Mukhopadhyay | Music (Bengali Modern Songs) |
| Supriya Devi | Film (acting) |
| Manna Dey | Music (Bengali Modern Songs and Hindi Film Music) |
| Amjad Ali Khan | Music (Indian Classical Instrumental) |
| Dwijen Mukhopadhyay | Music (Rabindra Sangeet and Bengali Modern Songs) |
| Shailen Manna | Sports (Football) |
| Haradhan Bandopadhyay | Film (acting) |
2012
| Name | Field |
|---|---|
| Suchitra Sen | Film (acting) |
| Leslie Claudius | Sports (hockey) |
| Jogen Chowdhury | Painting |
| Rudraprasad Sengupta | Theatre |
| Bibhas Chakraborty | Theatre |
| Shaoli Mitra | Theatre |
| Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay | Literature |
| Sanjeev Chattopadhyay | Literature |
| Goutam Ghose | Film (Direction) |
| Joy Goswami | Literature |
| Ranjit Mallick | Film (acting) |
| Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty | Music (Hindustani Classical) |
| Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussein Khan | Music (Sehnai) |
In May 2012 The Sunday Indian reported that Ravi Shankar had refused the award.[3]
2013
| Name | Field |
|---|---|
| Amitabha Chowdhury | Journalist |
| B.K. Birla | Industrialist |
| Mithun Chakraborty | Film (acting) |
| Purna Das Baul | Singer |
| Rituporno Ghosh | Film Maker |
| Sabitri Chatterjee | Actor |
| Sandhya Roy | Actor |
| Subir Sen | Singer |
| Subhaprasanna | Painter |
| Sourav Ganguly | Sports |
| Thankamani Kutti | Dancer |
2018
The Banga Bibhushan of 2018 was awarded on 21st of May, to the following :
Asha Bhosle (singer), Girija Shankar Roy (academician), Suhrid Kumar Bhowmick (linguist), Samaresh Majumder (writer), Subrata Bhattacharya (footballer), Mohammed Habib (footballer), Prosenjit Chatterjee (actor) and Shyamal Kumar Sen (judge).