Sourav Ganguly to be awarded Banga Bibhusan award

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, Olympian duo P K Banerjee and Chuni Goswami, actor Mithun Chakraborty, dancer Thankamani Kutti and industrialist B K Birla were among 24 celebrities who would be conferred the prestigious Banga Bibhusan award on May 20.
The award would be given by West Bengal governor M K Narayanan at a function which would also be attended by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The other awardees include film director Ritoporno Ghosh, football legend Tulsidas Balaram, mountaineer Aung Narvu Sherpa, film actors of yesteryear Sandhya Roy and Sabitri Chatterjee, noted baul singer Purnadas Baul, veteran journalist Amitabha Chowdhury, painter Subhaprasanna and hockey olympian Gurbux Singh.

Ace tennis player Leander Paes, Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua, paddler Poulami Ghatak and former India women's cricket captain Jhulan Goswami were among those chosen for this year's "Bangabhusan award", official sources said.
Earlier, legendary playback singer Manna Dey, litterateur and human rights activist Mahasweta Devi, sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, dancer Amala Shankar and others were given the award instituted by the West Bengal government after Mamata Banerjee came to power in 2011.