Banga Bhushan
Appearance
Banga Bhushan বঙ্গভূষণ (Bengali) | |
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State Civilian award | |
Description | Services of personalities in various fields |
Sponsored by | Government of West Bengal |
Location | West Bengal |
Reward(s) | ₹ 100,000 |
First awarded | 2011 |
Last awarded | 2014 |
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
2014
Name | Field |
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Bidesh Basu | Football |
Gautam Sarkar | Football |
Shabbir Ali | Football |
Shyam Thapa | Football |
Baichung Bhutia | 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 |
2013
Name | Field |
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Dibyendu Barua | Chess |
Gurbux Singh | Hockey |
Jhulan Goswami | Cricket |
Leander Paes | Tennis |
Poulomi Ghatak | Table tennis |
2012
Name | Field |
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Bikram Ghosh | Musician (Tabla player) |
Nachiketa Chakraborty | Singer |
Rashid Khan | Singer |
References
- ^ Bangabibhushan title for luminaries
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/state-government-to-confer-banga-awards-on-may-20/article6021369.ece
- ^ http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/host-of-celebrities-to-be-get-bengal-government-awards-monday-113051701035_1.html
- ^ http://www.bengalinformation.org/banga-bibhushan-and-banga-bhushan-award-for-eminent-bengalis-by-west-bengal-state-government-in-2012/