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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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).