Banga-Vibhushan is a title instituted by the West Bengal Government to honour the services of personalities in various fields. This award is apparently instituted on the lines of Padma Vibhushan

Padma Vibhushan

The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India. It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President of India. It was established on 2 January 1954. It ranks behind the Bharat Ratna and comes before the Padma Bhushan...

 title awarded nationally.

The award is established by Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee is the 11th and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal. She is the first woman to hold the office. Banerjee founded All India Trinamool Congress in 1997 and became chairperson, after separating from the Indian National Congress...

, Chief Minister of West Bengal, on 25 July, 2011. The first recipients of this title are Amala Shankar, Mahasweta Devi

Mahasweta Devi

Mahasweta Devi is an Indian social activist and writer.- Biography :Mahasweta Devi was born in 1926 in Dhaka, to literary parents in a Hindu Brahmin family. Her father Manish Ghatak was a well known poet and novelist of the Kallol era, who used the pseudonym Jubanashwa...

, Sandhya Mukhopadhyay

Sandhya Mukhopadhyay

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, Supriya Devi

Supriya Devi

Supriya Devi , also known as Supriya Choudhury , is an Indian Bengali female actor, acting in Bengali cinemas for more than 50 years. Her real name was Krishna and nickname is Benu. She received Banga-Vibhushan, the highest civilian honour in West Bengal in 2011.-Early life:Supriya Devi was born...

, Manna Dey

Manna Dey

Prabodh Chandra Dey , better known by his nickname Manna Dey , is a playback singer in Bengali Assamese and Hindi films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, he was a part of Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of...

, Amjad Ali Khan

Amjad Ali Khan

Amjad Ali Khan is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod. Khan was born into a musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s...

, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Sailen Manna

Sailen Manna

Sailendra Nath Manna , known popularly as Sailen Manna, is an Indian International Footballer and is considered to be one of the best defenders India has ever produced. He has represented and captained India in different international competitions including Olympics and Asian Games...

, Haradhan Bandopadhyay

Haradhan Bandopadhyay

Haradhan Bandopadhyay is a Bengali Indian male actor of television and films.-Early life:Bandopadhyay started his schooling from Kushthiya Municipal School. He passed matriculation in 1944. In 1946, he finished his IA exam from City College, Kolkata, an affiliate of the University of Calcutta. He...

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List of Awardees

Year	Name	Field
2011	Amala Shankar	Dance Dance Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
2011	Mahashweta Devi	Literature Literature Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
2011	Sandhya Mukhopadhyay Sandhya Mukhopadhyay Sandhya Mukhopadhyay is an Indian singer and musician, specialising in Bengali music. She was born in Kolkata, India. She is also known as Sandhya Mukherjee.She was very close friends with the late Alpana Banerjee...	Music (Bengali Modern Songs)
2011	Supriya Devi Supriya Devi Supriya Devi , also known as Supriya Choudhury , is an Indian Bengali female actor, acting in Bengali cinemas for more than 50 years. Her real name was Krishna and nickname is Benu. She received Banga-Vibhushan, the highest civilian honour in West Bengal in 2011.-Early life:Supriya Devi was born...	Film (acting) Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
2011	Manna Dey Manna Dey Prabodh Chandra Dey , better known by his nickname Manna Dey , is a playback singer in Bengali Assamese and Hindi films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, he was a part of Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of...	Music (Bengali Modern Songs and Hindi Film Music) Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
2011	Amjad Ali Khan Amjad Ali Khan Amjad Ali Khan is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod. Khan was born into a musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s...	Music (Indian Classical Instrumental) Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
2011	Dwijen Mukhopadhyay	Music (Rabindra Sangeet and Bengali Modern Songs) Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
2011	Shailen Manna	Sports (Football)
2011	Haradhan Bandopadhyay Haradhan Bandopadhyay Haradhan Bandopadhyay is a Bengali Indian male actor of television and films.-Early life:Bandopadhyay started his schooling from Kushthiya Municipal School. He passed matriculation in 1944. In 1946, he finished his IA exam from City College, Kolkata, an affiliate of the University of Calcutta. He...	Film (acting) Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...