Banga Bibhushan Samman () is the highest civilian title instituted by the West Bengal government to honour the services of personalities in various fields. 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.
List of awardees
2011 Name FieldAmala ShankarDanceMahashweta DeviLiteratureSandhya 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 FieldSuchitra SenFilm (acting)Leslie ClaudiusSports (hockey)Jogen ChowdhuryPaintingRudraprasad SenguptaTheatreBibhas ChakrabortyTheatreShaoli MitraTheatreShirshendu MukhopadhyayLiteratureSanjeev ChattopadhyayLiteratureGoutam GhoseFilm (Direction)Joy GoswamiLiteratureRanjit 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.
2013 Name FieldAmitabha ChowdhuryJournalistB.K. BirlaIndustrialistMithun ChakrabortyFilm (acting)Narayan DebnathArtistPurna Das BaulSingerRituporno GhoshFilm MakerSabitri ChatterjeeActorSandhya RoyActorSubir SenSingerSubhaprasannaPainterSourav GangulySportsChuni GoswamiSportsP. K. BanerjeeSportsTulsidas BalaramSportsThankamani KuttiDancer
2014 NameFieldAlakananda RoyCulture / DanceDipankar DeFilmMadhabi MukherjeeFilmBrij Mohan KhaitanIndustrialistMakhanlal NattaJatraNrusingha Prasad BhaduriLiterature / IndologySukumar MukherjeeMedicineArun BhaduriMusicSonam Tshering LepchaFolk musicHaimanti SuklaMusicMohan Singh KhanguraMusic (Classical)Justice Md. Abdul GhaniSocial service / LawFather Félix RajSocial service / Education
2015 NameFieldFiroza Begum (Posthumous)Music (Vocalist)Ramakrishna MissionInstitutionBharat Sevashram SanghaInstitutionAbdul Rashid KhanMusic (Vocalist)Girija DeviMusic (Vocalist)Manilal NagMusic (Instrumentalist)Buddhadev Das GuptaMusic (Instrumentalist)Shankar GhoshMusic (Tabla exponent)General Shankar RoychowdhuryEx-Chief of Army StaffKabir SumanMusic (Singer-songwriter)Rashid KhanMusic (Vocalist)Dibyendu PalitLiteratureSyed NayeemuddinSports (Football)Satyabrata GangulyIndustrialistSanjiv GoenkaIndustrialistShree Venkatesh FilmsFilm (Institution)Leander PaesSports (Tennis)Lyangsong TamangSocial serviceManohar AichSports (Bodybuilding)Ramapada ChowdhuryLiterature
2018 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)
2022 Name Field Pandit Anindo ChatterjeeMusic Bikash Sinha Physicis Mohun Bagan Sports East Bengal Sports Mohammedan Sporting Sports Abhijit Banerjee Economist Kaushik Basu Economist Kumar Sanu Music Abhijeet Bhattacharya Music Harshavardhan Neotia Business Entrepreneur Radhe Shyam Goenka Business Entrepreneur Abul Bashar Writer Debshankar Halder Theatre
Note: 2026
Name FieldAnant Maharaj (revoked) Politics Shibaji Chatterjee Music Nachiketa Chakraborty Music Sriradha Banerjee Music Lopamudra Mitra Music Iman Chakraborty Music Babul Supriyo Music
See also Banga Bhushan Rabindra Puraskar
References
External links Bangabibhushan Title Winners 2012