# Rabindra Puraskar

The Rabindra Puraskar (also Rabindra Smriti Puraskar) is the highest honorary literary award given in the Indian state of West Bengal. This award is named after the famous Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore and is administered by the Government of West Bengal under the aegis of the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy (Bengali Academy of West Bengal), Kolkata.The award is given for creative literature, non-fiction and books about Bengal in Bengali as well as other languages.
From 1950 to 1982 this award was conferred on one or more writers for a particular outstanding work of him. From 1983 to 2003 this award was conferred to one or more writers as a recognition of their lifetime achievement. In 2004 and 2005, again this award was conferred on one or more writers for a particular outstanding work. Since 2006 this award again is being conferred to one or more writers as a recognition of their lifetime achievement. Sisir Kumar Das is missing from the list. He got the award twice, in 1976 and 1987.

## Recipients
### 1950–1959

| Year | Name | Work |
| 1950 | Satinath Bhaduri | Jagari (Novel) |
| 1950 | Niharranjan Ray | Bangalir Itihaas: Adi Parvaسر (History) |
| 1951 | Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (Posthumous) | Ichhamati (Novel) |
| 1951 | Jogesh Chandra Roy Vidyanidhi | Indian Ancient Life (History) |
| 1952 | Brajendranath Bandyopadhyay | Sangbadpatre Sekaler Katha, Bangla Samayik Patra, Sahitya-Sadhak-Charitmala etc. (History of Bengali Literature) |
| 1952 | Dr Kalipada Biswas & Ekkadi Ghosh | Bharater Banaushadhi (Ayurveda) |
| 1953 | Bangalir Saraswat Abadaan: Bange Nabyanyay-Charcha (History of Sanskrit Literature) |
| 1954 | Rani Chanda | Purna Kumbha (Travelogue) |
| 1955 | Parashuram | Krishnakali Ityadi Galpa (Short Stories) |
| 1955 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyay | Arogya Niketan (Novel) |
| 1956 | Samarendranath Sen |
| 1957 | Dr Ramesh Chandra Majumdar | The History and Culture of the Indian People (History) |
| 1957 | Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay | Rabindra Jibani (Tagore Studies) |
| 1958 | Premendra Mitra | Sagar Theke Phera (Poetry) |
| 1958 | Dr Suniti Kumar Chatterji | Latterature Mediavali & Moderne Del Sub Continente Indiano (History of Literature, Latin) |
| 1958 | Binoy Ghosh | Paschimbanger Sanskriti (Bengal Studies) |
| 1959 | Upendranath Bhattacharya | Banglar Baul Gaan (Musicology) |
| 1959 | Haridas Mukhopadhyay and Uma Mukhopadhyay | Origin of the National Education Movement (History) |

### 1960–1969

| Year | Name | Work |
| 1960 | Pramathanath Bishi | Carry Saheber Munsi (novel) |
| 1960 | Radhagobinda Nath | Goudiya Vaishnava Darshan (Vaishnava philosophy) |
| 1961 | Haridas Siddhantabagish | Mahabharat (translation) |
| 1961 | Swami Prajnanananda | Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study (music) |
| 1962 | Banaphul | Hate Bazare (novel) |
| 1962 | Jitendranath Bandyopadhyaya | Panchopasana |
| 1963 | Subodh Chandra Chakabarty | Ramyani Vikhsya (travelogue) |
| 1963 | Suresh Chandra Bandyopadhyaya | Smritishastre Bangali (history) |
| 1964 | Mrityunjoy Prasad Guha | Akash O Prithibi (science) |
| 1964 | Bimal Mitra | Kadi Diye Kinlam (novel) |
| 1964 | Shankar Nath Roy | Bharater Sadhak (religion) |
| 1965 | Sukumar Sen | Bharatiya Shahityer Itihas (history) |
| 1965 | Shachindra Nath Bose | Pragaitihasik Manush (anthropology) |
| 1965 | Gajendra Kumar Mitra | Paush Faguner Pala (novel) |
| 1966 | Ashapurna Devi | Pratham Pratishruti (novel) |
| 1966 | Shanti Ranjan Bhattacharya | Bangali Hinduon ka Urdu Khidmat |
| 1966 | Anirvan | Ved Mimansa |
| 1967 | Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay | Tungabhadrar Teere (novel) |
| 1967 | Kalika Ranjan Kanungo | Rajasthan Kahini (history) |
| 1967 | Prabas Jiban Chaudhury | Tagore on Literature and Aesthetics |
| 1968 | Kalidas Roy | Purnahuti (poem) |
| 1968 | Sukumar Bose | Himalaya (travellogue) |
| 1968 | Charu Chandra Sanyal | The Rajbansis of North Bengal (anthropology) |
| 1969 | Leela Majumdar | Aar Konokhane |
| 1969 | Narayan Sanyal | Aparupa Ajanta (cave painting) |
| 1969 | Gopendra Krishna Bose | Bangalar Laukik Debata (folk culture) |

### 1970–1982

| Year | Name | Work |
| 1971 | Ramapada Chaudhuri | Ekhoni (novel) |
| 1972 | Bibhuti Bhushan Mukhopadhyay | Ebar Priyambada (novel) |
| 1972 | Paresh Chandra Majumdar | Sanskrita O Prakrita Bhashar Kramabikash (philology) |
| 1973 | Jyotirmayi Devi | "Sonarupa Noy" (Collection of Short Stories), Article "Sahityik Jyotirmoyi Devi" -by Rimpa Sarkar, Published on 13 July 2013 in Bartaman Paper (Bengali), Kolkata, |
| 1973 | Amalendu Mitra | "Radher Sanskriti" (Stories of Birbhum and their culture) |
| 1974 | Buddhadeb Basu | Swagato Biday (poetry) |
| 1974 | Dr. Santimay Chatterjee and Enakshi Chatterjee | Paramanu Jignasa (science) |
| 1975 | Achintyakumar Sengupta | Uttarayan (poetry) |
| 1975 | Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya | Banglar Kitpatanga (entomology) |
| | Sri Anirvan | Veda Mimamsa |
| 1979 | Arun Mitra | Shudhu Rater Shabda Noy (poetry) |
| 1979 | Geraldine Forbes | Positivism in Bengal: A Case Study in the Transmission and Assimilation of an Ideology |
| 1981 | Binod Bihari Mukhopadhyay (posthumous) | Chitrakar (painting) |
| 1981 | Susobhan Sarkar | On the Bengal Renaissance |

### 1986–2005

| Year | Name | Work |
| 1986 | Radharani Devi | Aparajita Rachanabali (complete works) |
| 1987 | Ramendrakumar Acharyachoudhry | Bramha O Putir Mouri |
| 1989 | Shankha Ghosh | Dhum Legechhe Hrit-kamale (poetry) |
| 1989 | Ram Basu | |
| 1994 | Khudiram Das | Choddosho-Sal-o-Choloman Rabi (Bengali: চোদ্দশ সাল ও চলমান রবি) |
| 1995 | Pratul Chandra Rakshit | Periye Elam (autobiography) |
| 1995 | Shakti Chattopadhyay (posthumous) | |
| 1996 | Ajoy Home (posthumous) | Chena Achena Pakhi (ornithology) |
| 1999 | Amitava Dasgupta | Aamaar Nirabota, Aamaar Bhasha (poetry) |
| 1999 | Mangalacharan Chattopdhyay | Shreshtha Kobita |
| 2003 | Dr. Biswanath Chakraborty | Amake Cheno (Science) |
| 2004 | Palash Baran Pal | Bigyan: Byakti, Jukti, Somoy O Somaj (science) |
| 2005 | Himani Bannerji | Inventing Subjects: Studies in Hegemony, Patriarchy and Colonialism (literature) |
| 2005 | Biman B. Nath | Mohabishwer Prothom Aalo (Science) |

### 2006–2012

| Year | Name |
| 2006 | Ralph W. Nicholas |
| 2006 | Tarun Sanayal |
| 2007 | Kazuo Azuma |
| 2007 | Nalin Patel |
| 2008 | Manibhushan Bhattacharya |
| 2010 | Manindra Gupta (Manindra Lal Dasgupta) |
| 2010 | Asim Kumar Mukhopadhyay |
| 2010 | Sukanya Sinha |
| 2011 | Amartya Sen |
| 2012 | Mridul Dasgupta (literature) |
| 2012 | Amit Chaudhuri (other than Bengali) |

### 2013–2018

| Year | Name | Work |
| 2013 | Ranajit Das | For overall contribution to Bengali poetry. |
| 2014 | Dr Sankar Kumar Nath | For "Kolkata Medical College-r Gorar Katha O Pandit Madhusudan Gupta" in Science |
| 2014 | Sekhar Bandyopadhyay | For Decolonisation in South Asia: Meanings of Freedom in Post-Independence West Bengal, 1947-52 (London: Routledge, 2009; Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 2012) |
| Gautam Basu | For "Bengali Poetry" |
| 2018 | Boria Majumdar | Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians |

### 2020-Present

| Year | Name | Work |
| 2022 | Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay | For overall contribution |
| 2022 | Bikash Sinha | For overall contribution |
| 2022 | France Bhattacharya | For overall contribution |
2023 Sanjib Chattopadhyay For overall contribution