Banga Bibhushan


Banga Bibhushan Samman is a 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 awards are also granted.
The award was conceived by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, on 25 July 2011.

List of awardees

2011

2012

In May 2012 The Sunday Indian reported that Ravi Shankar had refused the award.

2013

2018

The Banga Bibhushan of was awarded on 21st of May, to the following :
Asha Bhosle, Girija Shankar Roy, Suhrid Kumar Bhowmick, Samaresh Majumder, Subrata Bhattacharya, Mohammed Habib, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Shyamal Kumar Sen.