Banga Bibhushan

Banga Bibhushan
বঙ্গবিভূষণ
Awarded by Government of West Bengal
Type Civilian
Category State
Statistics
Instituted 2011
Last awarded 2012
Total awarded 22
Cash award ₹ 2 lakhs
First awardee(s) Amala Shankar
Last awardee(s) Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussein Khan
Award rank
Banga Bhushan →

Banga Bibhushan (Bengali: বঙ্গবিভূষণ) is a title instituted by the West Bengal Government to honour the services of personalities in various fields.[1] The Banga Bhushan ("Bengal ornament" বঙ্গ ভূষণ) award is also granted.

The award was conceived by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, on 25 July 2011. The first recipients of this title are Amala Shankar, Mahasweta Devi, Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, Supriya Devi, Manna Dey, Amjad Ali Khan, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Sailen Manna, Haradhan Bandopadhyay.[2]

List of awardees

2011

Name Field
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

Name Field
Suchitra SenFilm (acting)
Leslie ClaudiusSports (hockey)
Jogen ChowdhuryPainting
Rudraprasad SenguptaTheatre
Bibhas ChakrabortyTheatre
Shaoli MitraTheatre
Shirshendu MukhopadhyayLiterature
Sanjeev ChattopadhyayLiterature
Goutam GhoshFilm (Direction)
Joy GoswamiLiterature
Ranjit MullickFilm (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

Name Field
Mithun ChakrabortyFilm (acting)
Thankamani KuttiDancer
B.K. BirlaIndustrialist
Rituporno GhoshFilm Maker
Sandhya RoyActor
Sabitri ChatterjeeActor
Purnadas BaulSinger
SubhaprasannaPainter
Amitabha ChowdhuryJournalist
Sourav GangulySports

[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bangabibhushan title for luminaries
  2. ↑ Bangabibhushan Sanmelan 2011 at Science city auditorium
  3. ↑ Ravi Shankar refuses 'Bangabibhusan' Award
  4. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/host-of-celebrities-to-be-get-bengal-government-awards-monday-113051701035_1.html

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