BANGA BIBHUSHAN

Banga Bibhushan:

• Banga Bibhushan Samman is a title conferred by the West Bengal Government to honour the services of personalities in various fields. It is State's highest civilian award.
  
  
• It was initiated in 2011 by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal.
  
  

Matua community:

• Matua Mahasangha is a Hindu reform movement which has considerable number of adherents in West Bengal as well as in Bangladesh. It is a religious sect of Bangladeshi Dalits who predominantly belong to the Namasudra caste.
  
  
• The movement was launched by the followers of Harichand Thakur, who belonged to the Namasudra community. His teachings focussed on Self-Dikshitisation ("Self-Realisation"), education as preeminently and the upliftment of the population the adherent's duty.
  
  
• They are a deciding factor in many Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal which assumes a lot of political significance.