Banga Bibhushan
| Banga Bibhushan বঙ্গবিভূষণ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Civilian | ||||
| Category | State | ||||
| Instituted | 2011 | ||||
| Last awarded | 2012 | ||||
| Total awarded | 22 | ||||
| Awarded by | Government of West Bengal | ||||
| Cash award | ₹ 2 lakhs | ||||
| First awardee(s) | Amala Shankar | ||||
| Last awardee(s) | Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussein Khan | ||||
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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 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 Ghosh | Film (Direction) |
| Joy Goswami | Literature |
| Ranjit Mullick | 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 |
|---|---|
| Mithun Chakraborty | Film (acting) |
| Thankamani Kutti | Dancer |
| B.K. Birla | Industrialist |
| Rituporno Ghosh | Film Maker |
| Sandhya Roy | Actor |
| Sabitri Chatterjee | Actor |
| Purnadas Baul | Singer |
| Subhaprasanna | Painter |
| Amitabha Chowdhury | Journalist |
| Saurav Ganguly | Sports |