Honours and Awards
In 1908, Nandalal Bose was awarded a prize of Rs. 500 at the first art exhibition organized by it for his painting Shiva-Sati. In 1956, he became the second artist to be elected Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art.
In 1954, Nandalal Bose was awarded the Padma Vibhushan.
Several universities conferred honorary doctorates on him. Vishvabharati University honored him by conferring on him the title of 'Deshikottama'. The Academy of Fine Arts in Calcutta honored Nandalal with the Silver Jubilee Medal. The Tagore Birth Centenary Medal was awarded to Nandalal Bose in 1965 by the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
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