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
2012
In May 2012, The Sunday Indian reported that Ravi Shankar had refused the award.2014
- Alakananda Roy. - Culture
- Deepankar De. - Film
- Madhabi Mukherjee. - Film
- Brij Mohan Khaitan. - Industrialist
- Makhanlal Natta. - Jatra
- Nrisinha Prasad Bhaduri. - Literary Person
- Sukumar Mukherjee. - Medical
- Arun Bhaduri. - Music
- Sonam Tsering Lepcha - Music
- Haimanti Sukla. - Music
- Mohan Singh Khangura. - Music
- Justice Md. Abdul Ghani. - Social Service
- Father Fellix - Social Service
2018
The Banga Bibhushan of was awarded on 21 May, to the following:| Name | Field |
| Asha Bhosle | |
| Binapani Debi | |
| Girija Shankar Roy | |
| Suhrid Kumar Bhowmick | |
| Samaresh Majumder | |
| Subrata Bhattacharya | |
| Mohammed Habib | |
| Prosenjit Chatterjee | |
| Shyamal Kumar Sen |