| Banga Bibhushan | |
| Subheader: | State Civilian award |
| Awarded For: | Services of personalities in various fields |
| Location: | West Bengal |
| Sponsor: | Government of West Bengal |
| Firstawarded: | 2011 |
| Reward: | ₹200,000 |
| Award1 Type: | Total awarded |
| Award1 Winner: | 22 |
| Award2 Type: | First winner |
| Award2 Winner: | Amala Shankar |
| Award3 Type: | Last winner |
| Award3 Winner: | Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussein Khan |
| Next: | Banga Bhushan |
Banga Bibhushan Samman (Bengali: বঙ্গবিভূষণ) is a title instituted by the West Bengal government to honour the services of personalities in various fields.[1] 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.[2]
| 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) |
| 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 Ghose | Film (Direction) | |
| Joy Goswami | Literature | |
| Ranjit Mallick | Film (acting) | |
| Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty | Music (Hindustani Classical) | |
| Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussein Khan | Music (Sehnai) |
| Name | Field |
|---|---|
| Amitabha Chowdhury | Journalist |
| B.K. Birla | Industrialist |
| Mithun Chakraborty | Film (acting) |
| Narayan Debnath | Artist |
| Purna Das Baul | Singer |
| Rituporno Ghosh | Film Maker |
| Sabitri Chatterjee | Actor |
| Sandhya Roy | Actor |
| Subir Sen | Singer |
| Subhaprasanna | Painter |
| Sourav Ganguly | Sports |
| Chuni Goswami | Sports |
| P. K. Banerjee | Sports |
| Tulsidas Balaram | Sports |
| Thankamani Kutti | Dancer |
The Banga Bibhushan of 2018 was awarded on 21 May, to the following:
| Name | Field | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (singer) | |||
| Binapani Debi | (Mathua Activist) | ||
| (academician) | |||
| (linguist) | |||
| Samaresh Majumder | (writer) | ||
| (footballer) | |||
| (footballer) | |||
| (actor) | |||
| (judge) |
| Name | Field | |
|---|---|---|
| Pandit Anindo Chatterjee | Music[7] | |
| Sports | ||
| Sports | ||
| Mohammedan Sporting | Sports | |
| Music | ||
| Music | ||
| Debshankar Halder | Theatre |