17 Personalities Of Bengal Would Be Honoured Today

Bangabibhushan and Bangabhushan Samman would be given today at Netaji
Indoor Stadium at 5pm.
The greatest honour of Bengal - 'Bangabibhushan' would be given to 14
personalities in the field of cinema, music, sports, literature,
drama, poetry and painting, who
enriched the culture of Bengal and promoted the fame of Bengal to the
world. They are: Pandit Ravi Shankar, Suchitra Sen, Leslie Claudius,
Rudraprasad Sengupta, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Sanjib Chattopadhyay,
Bibhas Chakraborty, Jogen Chowdhury, Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan,
Ranjit Mullick, Shaonli Mitra, Goutam Ghosh, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty
and Joy Goswami.
'Bangabhushan' Samman would be given to Ustad Rashid Khan, Bikram
Ghosh and Nachiketa.
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A. B.

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