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 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

The award was conceived by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, on 25 July 2011.[2] more information can be found on the award ceremony online.

List of awardees

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2011

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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

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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

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Name Field
Amitabha Chowdhury Journalist
B.K. Birla Industrialist
Mithun Chakraborty Film (acting)
Narayan Debnath Artist
Purna Das Baul Singer
Rituporno Ghosh Film Maker
Sabitri Chatterjee Actor
Sandhya Roy Actor
Subir Sen Singer
Subhaprasanna Painter
Sourav Ganguly Sports
Chuni Goswami Sports
P. K. Banerjee Sports
Tulsidas Balaram Sports
Thankamani Kutti Dancer

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2014

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  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

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

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

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2022

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Name Field
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee Music[7]
Mohun Bagan Sports
East Bengal Sports
Mohammedan Sporting Sports
Kumar Sanu Music
Abhijeet Bhattacharya Music
Debshankar Halder Theatre

Note: [8][9]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "'বঙ্গবিভূষণ' পুরস্কার পেলেন আশা ভোঁসলে, সমরেশ, প্রসেনজিৎ" [Banga Bibhushan for Asha Bhosle, Samaresh, Prasenjit and others]. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). 22 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ^ Dasgupta, Priyanka (20 July 2022). "Banga Bibhushan honour for Pt Anindo Chatterjee". The Times of India. Kolkata. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ 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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