Editing Hemant Kumar (section)

==Awards==
* 1956 : [[Filmfare Best Music Director Award]]: ''[[Nagin (1954 film)|Nagin]]''
* 1971 : [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]]: ''Nimantran''
* 1962 : BFJA Best Music Director Award: "Swaralipi": Won<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196225.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |website=www.bfjaawards.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107012222/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196225.htm |archive-date=7 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1963 : BFJA Best Music Director Award (Hindi): "Bees Saal Baad":Won<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196326.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |website=www.bfjaawards.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108013155/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196326.htm |archive-date=8 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1964 : BFJA Best Music Director Award: "Palatak": Won<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196427.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |website=www.bfjaawards.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108082149/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196427.htm |archive-date=8 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1967 : BFJA Best Music Director Award: "Monihar": Won<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196730.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |website=www.bfjaawards.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106143248/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196730.htm |archive-date=6 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1968 : BFJA Best Music Director Award: "Balika Badhu":Won<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196831.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |website=www.bfjaawards.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108050315/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196831.htm |archive-date=8 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1970 : [[Padma Shri]]  (Refused)
* 1972 : BFJA Best Male Playback Singer Award: ''Dhannyee Meye'': Won<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197235.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |website=www.bfjaawards.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108054631/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197235.htm |archive-date=8 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1975 : BFJA Best Male Playback Singer Award: ''Phuleswari'': Won<ref name="bfja1975">{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197538.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |website=www.bfjaawards.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114151114/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197538.htm |archive-date=14 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1975 : BFJA Best Music Director Award: "Phuleawari": Won<ref name="bfja1975"/>
* 1976 : BFJA Best Male Playback Singer Award: ''Priya Bandhobi'': Won<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197639.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |website=www.bfjaawards.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108051039/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197639.htm |archive-date=8 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1986 : [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]]: ''Lalan Fakir''
*1986 : [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for Creative and experimental music.
* 1986 : BFJA Best Music Director Award: "Bhalobasa Bhalobasa": Won<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/198649.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |website=www.bfjaawards.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108050106/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/198649.htm |archive-date=8 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1987 : [[Padma Bhushan]]  (Refused)
* 1987 : BFJA Best Music Director Award: "Pathbhola": Won<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/198750.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |website=www.bfjaawards.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108094117/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/198750.htm |archive-date=8 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1988 : BFJA Best Music Director Award: "Aagoman": Won
* 1985 : Honorary D.Litt. by [[Visva-Bharati University]]
* 1986 : [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
* 1988 : Honorary D.Litt. by The [[University of Calcutta]]
* 1989 : Michael Madhusudan Award
* 2012 : [[Bangladesh Liberation War Honour]],
* 2012 : [[Friends of Liberation War Honour]]  (Posthumously)
* 1971 : The US government honored Hemanta by conferring him with the citizenship of Baltimore, Maryland; the first-ever singer of India to get US citizenship.