August 6, 2026
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- Nobel laureate Amartya Sen will not be accepting the Banga Bibhushan award, the highest civilian honour conferred by the West Bengal government,
- The Banga Bibhushan was introduced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2011.
- It is the higher one among the Banga Samman honours, the other being the Banga Bhushan.
- While Amartya Sen have declined the award, another Nobel laureate from the state, Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee — who shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer — is said to have accepted the honour.
- Banerjee is among 16 Banga Bibhushan and 20 Banga Bhushan recipients this year.
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