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{{Short description|Award for Bengali literature, given by the Government of West Bengal}}
'''Bankim Puraskar''' ({{langx|bn|বঙ্কিম পুরস্কার}}, Bankim Memorial Award) is the highest award given by the Government of [[West Bengal]] for contribution to Bengali fiction. The award was instituted in 1975 in memory of [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]], a famous Bengali novelist of the 19th century. It has been brought under the aegis of [[Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi]], functioning under the Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, in 2003. The award is handed over by the Chief Minister of [[West Bengal]].

==Awardees==
*1975 – [[Prabodh Chandra Sen]]<ref>Pandey, S. N., [https://books.google.com/books?id=G0F6QKfiktQC&dq=bankim+puraskar&pg=PA67 West Bengal General Knowledge Digest]</ref>
*1982 – [[Gour Kishore Ghosh]]<ref>{{cite web |author=PUCL |url=http://www.pucl.org/reports/WestBengal/2001/ghosh.htm |title=Obituary: Gour kishore Ghosh,. A civil Liberties activist |publisher=Pucl.org |date=2000-12-15 |accessdate=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716233017/http://pucl.org/reports/WestBengal/2001/ghosh.htm |archive-date=2016-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*1983 – [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunilgangopadhyay.org/awards1.html |title=Welcome To The World Of Sunil Gangopadhyay |publisher=Sunilgangopadhyay.org |accessdate=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831234821/http://www.sunilgangopadhyay.org/awards1.html |archive-date=2012-08-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – ''Sei Samay'' (novel, 2 volumes)
*1984 – [[Sushil Jana]]<ref
name="who">Dutt, Kartik Chandra, [https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&q=Sarat+Kumar+Mukhopadhyay Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M], [[Sahitya Akademi]], 1999</ref>
*1985 – [[Prafulla Roy]] – ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304173738/http://discountpandit.com/products/bangalore/books/akasera-nice-manusha-mta4mdi=.html Akasher Neeche Manush]'' (novel)
*1986 – [[Amiya Bhūşhan Majumdār|Amiya Bhushan Majumdar]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parabaas.com/bookstore/novels.html |title=The Parabaas BookStore: Sharodiya and Other Bangla Magazines; অনলাইন বাংলা বই |publisher=Parabaas.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-22 |archive-date=2012-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831024300/http://www.parabaas.com/bookstore/novels.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> – ''Rajnagar'' (novel)
*1987 – [[Amalendu Chakraborty]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Priyadarsee Chakraborty |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/noted-bangla-author-dies-at-75/477172/ |title=Noted Bangla author dies at 75 |publisher=Indian Express |date=2009-07-02 |accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref> – ''Jabajjiban'' (novel)
*1988 – [[Sachindranath Bandyopadhyay]]<ref
name="who"/>
*1990 – [[Dibyendu Palit]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clickforboi.in/authorinfo/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%20%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4/ |title=Click for বই: Author Info - দিব্যেন্দু পালিত |access-date=2012-08-07 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217232356/http://clickforboi.in/authorinfo/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%20%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4/ |archive-date=2013-02-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*1991 – [[Kamal Kumar Majumdar]]<ref>[http://www.dainikdestiny.com/index.php?view=details&type=main&cat_id=1&menu_id=57&pub_no=67&news_type_id=1&index=1&archiev=yes&arch_date=15-01-2010 কমলকুমার মজুমদার: স্বকীয় ধারার কথাশিল্পী] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117102425/http://www.dainikdestiny.com/index.php?view=details&type=main&cat_id=1&menu_id=57&pub_no=67&news_type_id=1&index=1&archiev=yes&arch_date=15-01-2010 |date=2023-01-17 }}, Dainik Destiny, January 15, 2010</ref> – ''Galpasamagra'' (complete stories) (posthumous)
*1992 – [[Abhijit Sen (writer)|Abhijit Sen]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Nilesh Pancholi |url=http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/author-profile.php?author_id=180 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118011323/http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/author-profile.php?author_id=180 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-18 |title=Buy Bengali Books Online - Sell Bengali Books Copyright |publisher=Bengali Books Online |accessdate=2012-09-22 }}</ref> – ''Rahu Chandaler Harh''<ref>Sen, Abhijit, [http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=29&view=archiev&y=2010&m=12&d=17&action=main&option=all&menu_type=&pub_no=545&type= বালুরঘাট — সময়ের বালুবেলা] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610112319/http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=29&view=archiev&y=2010&m=12&d=17&action=main&option=all&menu_type=&pub_no=545&type= |date=2015-06-10 }}, Samakal, December 17, 2010</ref> (novel)
*1993 – [[Mani Shankar Mukherjee|Shankar]] (Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay) – Gharer Madhye Ghar
*1994 – [[Syed Mustafa Siraj]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Nilesh Pancholi |url=http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/author-profile.php?author_id=248 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117203514/http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/author-profile.php?author_id=248 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-17 |title=Buy Bengali Books Online - Sell Bengali Books Copyright |publisher=Bengali Books Online |accessdate=2012-09-22 }}</ref> – ''Aleek Manush'' (novel)
*1995 – Manjush Dasgupta,<ref
name="who"/> [[Sandipan Chattopadhyay]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clickforboi.in/authorinfo/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%20%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F/ |title=Click for বই: Author Info: সন্দীপন চট্টোপাধ্যায় |access-date=2014-06-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140613203745/http://clickforboi.in/authorinfo/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%20%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F/ |archive-date=2014-06-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*1996 – [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]] – ''Harbart'' (novel)<ref>{{cite web|author=Nabarun Bhattacharya |url=http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/9428-bankim-puraskar |title=Bankim Puraskar Winners |publisher=Goodreads.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref> (award returned in 2007 in protest against the [[Nandigram violence]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-160706542/nabarun-bhattacharya-return-bankim.html |title=Article: Nabarun Bhattacharya to return Bankim Puraskar. | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy |publisher=AccessMyLibrary |date=2007-03-18 |accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2007/April/outrage_protest.html |title=Outrage and Protest |publisher=Cpiml.org |date=2007-03-26 |accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref>
*1998 – [[Atin Bandyopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/adver/107660.html |title=Atin Bandayopadhyay |publisher=Calcuttayellowpages.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref> – ''Dui Bharatbarsha'' (novel)
* ... ... . – [[Bani Basu]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/adver/107696.html |title=Bani Basu |publisher=Calcuttayellowpages.com |date=1939-03-11 |accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shibpurinternational.com/sublink/Personalities/html/Bani%20Basu.html |title=Bani Basu |publisher=Shibpurinternational.com |date=2011-02-09 |accessdate=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728083442/http://www.shibpurinternational.com/sublink/Personalities/html/Bani%20Basu.html |archive-date=2013-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=706202 |title=Bengali Writer Shortlisted for Sahitya Akademi Award |publisher=news.outlookindia.com |accessdate=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131082940/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=706202 |archive-date=2013-01-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2000 – [[Narayan Sanyal]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Pranesh Biswas Civil |url=http://www.becollege.org/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=135 |title=Global Alumni Association of Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, India |publisher=Becollege.org |date= |accessdate=2012-09-22 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003326/http://www.becollege.org/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=135 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – ''Rupamanjari'' (3 volumes) (historical novel)
*2001 – [[Samir Rakshit]] ''Dukher Akhyan'' (novel),
*2001 – [[Amar Mitra (writer)|Amar Mitra]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Nilesh Pancholi |url=http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/author-profile.php?author_id=194 |title=Buy Bengali Books Online - Sell Bengali Books Copyright |publisher=Bengali Books Online |accessdate=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080941/http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/author-profile.php?author_id=194 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – ''[[Ashwacharit]]''<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/alasadupura/phicarada-poyeta/kibhabebalabakaraoparagalpaupanyaserahayeothabanaothanirbharasilakathasahityikaamaramitrerasatheanalainaalapa অলস দুপুর: কিভাবে বলব তার ওপর গল্প, উপন্যাসের হয়ে ওঠা বা না ওঠা নির্ভরশীল: কথাসাহিত্যিক অমর মিত্রের সাথে অনলাইন আলাপ]</ref> (novel)
*2002<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-09-23/news-interviews/27304778_1_award-sunil-jana-literature |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103085611/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-09-23/news-interviews/27304778_1_award-sunil-jana-literature |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-03 |title='Bankim,' 'Vidyasagar' awards for 2002 announced |date=2002-09-23 |work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref> – Chitta Ghoshal – ''Nirbachita Galpo'' volume 2 (selected stories)
* 2002 . – [[Tapan Bandyopadhyay]] – ''Nadi, Mati, Aranya'' (3 volumes)
*2004 – Bhagirath Mishra – Mrigaya
*2005 – Sadhan Chattopadhyay<ref>{{cite web |author=Nilesh Pancholi |url=http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/author-profile.php?author_id=437 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117185013/http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/author-profile.php?author_id=437 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-17 |title=Buy Bengali Books Online - Sell Bengali Books Copyright |publisher=Bengali Books Online |accessdate=2012-09-22 }}</ref>
* ... ... . – [[Nabendu Ghosh]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clickforboi.in/bookdetail/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2.html |title=Click for বই: চাঁদ দেখেছিল by নবেন্দু ঘোষ |access-date=2012-08-08 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218004230/http://clickforboi.in/bookdetail/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2.html |archive-date=2013-02-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – ''Chand Dekhechhilo'' (novel)
* ... ... . – [[Swapnamoy Chakraborty]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.galpopath.com/p/blog-page_2.html|title = লেখক পরিচিতি}}</ref> – ''Abantinagar'' (novel)
*2006 – [[Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Ramkumar Mukhapadhyay |url=http://www.mitraandghosh.co.in|title=Dukha keora |publisher=Mitra and Ghose |date=2014-05-16}}</ref>
*2007 – [[Jhareswar Chattopadhyay]] – Sohish
*2008 – Kinnar Roy – Mrittukushum, [[Nalini Bera]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Nilesh Pancholi |url=http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/author-profile.php?author_id=291 |title=Buy Bengali Books Online - Sell Bengali Books Copyright |publisher=Bengali Books Online |accessdate=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113206/http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/author-profile.php?author_id=291 |archive-date=2018-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2010 – [[Afsar Ahmed ]] – Hire Bhikharini O Sundori Ramoni Kissa
*2010 – [[Anil Ghorai]] – ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045416/http://discountpandit.com/products/Bangalore/books/Ananta-Draghima-MTEzODI=.html Ananta Draghima]'' (Study on the use of colors in the works and paintings of [[Rabindranath Tagore]])
*2011 – [[Rabisankar Bal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglasahityasahityasangbad.blogspot.in/2011/12/blog-post.html#!/2011/12/blog-post.html |title=বাংলা সাহিত্য: বঙ্কিমচন্দ্র স্মৃতি পুরস্কার পেলেন রবিশংকর বল |publisher=Banglasahityasahityasangbad.blogspot.in |date= |accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref> – ''[[Dozakhnama]]'' (novel)
*2012 – [[Kaurab|Kamal Chakraborty]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wb.gov.in/BanglarMukh/Download?FilePath=/alfresco/d/d/workspace/SpacesStore/af47e72c-637e-4adc-a73a-f0ad319053bf/Jun_12_12.pdf |title=State observes Nazrul birth anniversary, foundation stone of Nazrul Study Centre unveiled |publisher=Wb.gov.in |accessdate=2012-10-01 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*2014 – Ramanath Roy<ref>[http://www.aajkaal.net/27-05-2014/news/221566/ নজরুল তীর্থের নাম মানুষের মুখে মুখে ঘুরবে: মমতা] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531040606/http://www.aajkaal.net/27-05-2014/news/221566/ |date=2014-05-31 }}, [[Aajkaal]], May 27, 2014</ref><ref>[http://eisamay.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/mamata-banerjee-inaugurates-nazrul-teertha-at-newtown-kolkata/articleshow/35623416.cms নজরুল তীর্থ দুই বাংলার সম্পর্ককে সুদৃঢ় করবে, বললেন মমতা] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724031244/http://eisamay.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/mamata-banerjee-inaugurates-nazrul-teertha-at-newtown-kolkata/articleshow/35623416.cms |date=2014-07-24 }}, [[Ei Samay Sangbadpatra]], June 13, 2014</ref>
*2015 – Gautam Basu – ''Bengali Poetry''
*2016 – [[Abul Bashar]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi (PBBA) |url=https://pbba.wbicad.in/awards.php#:~:text=Subrata%20Sengupta-,Bankimchandra%20Smriti%20Puraskar%20for%20Bengali%20Prose%20Fiction%20Literature%20for%20the,and%20novel%20writings%20in%20Bengali. |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=pbba.wbicad.in}}</ref>

*2017 – Balaram Basak<ref name=":0" />
*2018 – Subrata Sengupta
*2022 – [[Harsha Dutta]] for Bengali Prose Fiction Literature<ref name=":0" />
* 2023 – [[Jayanta Dey]] ''Annapurna'' (novel)<ref>https://www.deyspublishing.com/public/index.php/product/annapurna-m4fvn{{dead link|date=March 2025}}</ref>
* 2025 – Sanmatrananda<ref>{{Cite web |last=SNS |date=2025-04-15 |title=বাংলা দিবসে নববর্ষ বরণ ও বিশিষ্টদের আকাদেমি পুরস্কার প্রদান অনুষ্ঠান |url=https://www.dainikstatesmannews.com/bengal/new-years-greetings-and-awards-ceremony-for-distinguished-guests-on-bangla-day/125983 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Dainik Statesman |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=18th April 2025 Current Affairs in Bengali {{!}} ১৮ই এপ্রিল ২০২৫ কারেন্ট অ্যাফেয়ার্স |url=https://www.kolom.in/2025/04/18th-april-2025-current-affairs-in-bengali.html |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=কলম : কখনো থেমে থাকেনা}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Rabindra Puraskar]]
*[[Ananda Puraskar]]
*[[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali]]
*[[Bangla Academy Award]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

[[Category:Bengali-language literature]]
[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
[[Category:Bengali literary awards]]
[[Category:Civil awards and decorations of West Bengal]]

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