Awards and Honors
- Award for the Best Feature Film in Assamese (Shakuntala; Directed by Bhupen Hazarika) in the 9th National Film Awards (1961)
- Award for the Best Feature Film in Assamese (Chameli Memsaab; music by Bhupen Hazarika) in the 23rd National Film Awards (1975)
- Padma Shri - the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India (1977)
- Gold medal from the State Government of Arunachal Pradesh for "outstanding contribution towards tribal welfare, and uplift of tribal culture through cinema and music." (1979)
- All India Critic Association Award for best performing folk artist (1979)
- In 1979 and 1980 he won the Ritwik Ghatak Award as best music director for two theatre plays, Mohua Sundari, and Nagini Kanyar Kahini
- Bengal Journalist's Association Indira Gandhi Smriti Puraskar in (1987)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987)
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1992)
- First Indian to win Best Music for the film Rudaali at the Asia Pacific International Film Festival in Japan (1993)
- Padma Bhushan - the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India (2001)
- Honorary Degree from Tezpur University (2001)
- 10th Kalakar Award for Lifetime Achievement in the year 2002, Kolkata.
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (2008)
- Asom Ratna - the highest civilian award in the State of Assam, India (2009)
- In February 2009, the All Assam Students Union erected a life size statue of Hazarika on the banks of Digholi Pukhuri in Guwahati.
- Muktijoddha Padak - the highest civilian award by Bangladesh Government (posthumously, 2011)
- Asom Sahitya Sabha has honoured him with the title "Biswa Ratna".
- Padma Vibhushan - second highest civilian award in the Republic of India (2012)
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