Banga Bhushan
| Banga Bhushan বঙ্গভূষণ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awarded by Government of West Bengal | |||||
| Type | Civilian | ||||
| Category | State | ||||
| Instituted | 2011 | ||||
| Last awarded | 2014 | ||||
| Cash award | ₹ 100,000 | ||||
| |||||
Banga Bhushan (Bengali: বঙ্গভূষণ) is a title instituted by the West Bengal Government to honour the services of personalities in various fields.[1]
List of awardees
2012
| Name | Field |
|---|---|
| Bikram Ghosh | Musician (Tabla player) |
| Nachiketa Chakraborty | Singer |
| Rashid Khan | Singer |
2013
| Name | Field |
|---|---|
| Dibyendu Barua | Chess |
| Gurbux Singh | Hockey |
| Jhulan Goswami | Cricket |
| Leander Paes | Tennis |
| Poulomi Ghatak | Table tennis |
2014
| Name | Field |
|---|---|
| Bidesh Basu | Football |
| Gautam Sarkar | Football |
| Shabbir Ali | Football |
| Shyam Thapa | Football |
| Indrani Sen | Singer |
| Indranil Sen | Singer |
| Lopamudra Mitra | Singer |
| Srikanta Acharya | Singer |
| Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta | Singer |
| Aparajita Adhya | Actor |
| Debashree Roy | Actor |
| Tejendra Narayan Majumdar | Musician (Sarod player) |
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla | Cricket |
| Manoj Tewari | Cricket |
| Surya Shekhar Ganguly | Chess |
| Birsha Tirke | Social worker |
| Mohammad Abdul Wahab | Social worker |
| Munshi Ghulam Mustafa | Scientist |
References
- ↑ Bangabibhushan title for luminaries
- ↑ http://www.bengalinformation.org/banga-bibhushan-and-banga-bhushan-award-for-eminent-bengalis-by-west-bengal-state-government-in-2012/
- ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/host-of-celebrities-to-be-get-bengal-government-awards-monday-113051701035_1.html
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/state-government-to-confer-banga-awards-on-may-20/article6021369.ece
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