Banga Bibhushan
State Civilian award
Awarded forServices of personalities in various fields
Sponsored byGovernment of West Bengal
LocationWest Bengal
Reward(s)₹200,000
First awarded2011
Highlights
Total awarded22
First winnerAmala Shankar
Last winnerUstad Ali Ahmed Hussein Khan

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.

The award was conceived by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, on 25 July 2011.[2]

List of awardees

2011

NameField
Amala ShankarDance
Mahashweta DeviLiterature
Sandhya MukhopadhyayMusic (Bengali Modern Songs)
Supriya DeviFilm (acting)
Manna DeyMusic (Bengali Modern Songs and Hindi Film Music)
Amjad Ali KhanMusic (Indian Classical Instrumental)
Dwijen MukhopadhyayMusic (Rabindra Sangeet and Bengali Modern Songs)
Shailen MannaSports (Football)
Haradhan BandopadhyayFilm (acting)

2012

NameField
Suchitra SenFilm (acting)
Leslie ClaudiusSports (hockey)
Jogen ChowdhuryPainting
Rudraprasad SenguptaTheatre
Bibhas ChakrabortyTheatre
Shaoli MitraTheatre
Shirshendu MukhopadhyayLiterature
Sanjeev ChattopadhyayLiterature
Goutam GhoseFilm (Direction)
Joy GoswamiLiterature
Ranjit MallickFilm (acting)
Pandit Ajoy ChakrabortyMusic (Hindustani Classical)
Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussein KhanMusic (Sehnai)

In May 2012, The Sunday Indian reported that Ravi Shankar had refused the award.[3]

2013

NameField
Amitabha ChowdhuryJournalist
B.K. BirlaIndustrialist
Mithun ChakrabortyFilm (acting)
Narayan DebnathArtist
Purna Das BaulSinger
Rituporno GhoshFilm Maker
Sabitri ChatterjeeActor
Sandhya RoyActor
Subir SenSinger
SubhaprasannaPainter
Sourav GangulySports
Chuni GoswamiSports
P. K. BanerjeeSports
Tulsidas BalaramSports
Thankamani KuttiDancer

[4]

2014

  1. Alakananda Roy. - Culture
  2. Deepankar De. - Film
  3. Madhabi Mukherjee. - Film
  4. Brij Mohan Khaitan. - Industrialist
  5. Makhanlal Natta . - Jatra
  6. Nrisinha Prasad Bhaduri. - Literary Person
  7. Sukumar Mukherjee. - Medical
  8. Arun Bhaduri. - Music
  9. Sonam Tsering Lepcha - Music
  10. Haimanti Sukla. - Music
  11. Mohan Singh Khangura. - Music
  12. Justice Md. Abdul Ghani. - Social Service
  13. Father Fellix - Social Service

2018

The Banga Bibhushan of 2018 was awarded on 21 May, to the following:

NameField
Asha Bhosle(singer)
Binapani Debi(Mathua Activist)
Girija Shankar Roy(academician)
Suhrid Kumar Bhowmick(linguist)
Samaresh Majumder(writer)
Subrata Bhattacharya(footballer)
Mohammed Habib(footballer)
Prosenjit Chatterjee(actor)
Shyamal Kumar Sen(judge)

[5]

2022

NameField
Pandit Anindo ChatterjeeMusic[6]
Mohun BaganSports
East BengalSports
Mohammedan SportingSports
Kumar SanuMusic

Note: [7][8]

See also

References

  1. Staff Reporter (24 July 2011). "Bangabibhushan title for luminaries". www.thehindu.com. Kolkata: The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. "Bangabibhushan Sanmelan 2011 at Science city auditorium". Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  3. "Ravi Shankar refuses 'Bangabibhusan' Award". Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  4. "Host of celebrities to be get Bengal government awards Monday". Business Standard India. 17 May 2013.
  5. "Chief Minister's Office: Banga Bibhusan and Banga Bhusan – 2018". wbcmo.gov.in. The Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2018. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. Dasgupta, Priyanka (20 July 2022). "Banga Bibhushan honour for Pt Anindo Chatterjee". The Times of India. Kolkata. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  7. "3 iconic city football clubs to receive Banga Bibhushan". www.millenniumpost.in. Kolkata, West Bengal: Millennium Post. 22 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  8. Mukherjee, Sayan (25 July 2022). "'Not clubs but institutions': Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Mohammedan receive Banga Bibhushan award". www.news9live.com. Kolkata, West Bengal: News Nine. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.


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