Скачать или смотреть Renowned personalities from Bengal who rejected Centre’s Padma Awards in the past

Recently, Centre’s Padma awards were refused by Gitashree Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Pandit Anindya Chatterjee for their respective reasons. But much before these rejections, there have been several Bengali stalwarts who rejected Padma awards in the past. Let us go into details -

Bengali theatre artist and actor Sisir Kumar Bhaduri refused Padma Bhushan award in 1959 at the age of 70. He said that it was his protest against the Centre’s avoiding attitude for the theatre genre.

Bengali vocalist Tarapada Chakraborty also refused Padma Shree award in 1974 and cited personal reasons. Two years prior to this, in 1972 he was honoured with Sangeet Natak Academy Fellowship, the highest award of Sangeet Natak Academy.

Indian singer Hemanta Mukhopadhyay also refused to take Padma Shree award in 1989.

Bengali theatre artist Badal Sarkar refused Padma awards several times. In 1972 he refused Padma Shree award and said he already received a singer’s highest award by the Sangeet Natya Academy. He again refused to take Padma Bhusan in 2010.

Bengali journalist Nikhil Chakraborty refused Padma Bhusan award in 1990 and said that a journalist must not be burdened by generosity of the Centre.

Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee and Sarad artist Buddhadeb Dasgupta refused Padma Shree. Both later accepted Padma Bhushan award.

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