Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award
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Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award (Devnagari: महापंडित राहुल सांकृत्यायन पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in India which Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, (Central Hindi Organization), Ministry of Human Resource Development
, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in Hindi Travel Literature (यात्रा वृतांत). It is also called Hindi Sevi Samman or Rahul Sankrityayan National Award and is given to number of Hindi
experts for playing their important role in promoting the Hindi language..
& Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi.
every year by the President
Of India
.
Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
The Ministry of Human Resource Development is an Indian government ministry, responsible for the development of human resources...
, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in Hindi Travel Literature (यात्रा वृतांत). It is also called Hindi Sevi Samman or Rahul Sankrityayan National Award and is given to number of Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
experts for playing their important role in promoting the Hindi language..
History
The award was established by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan in 1989 on the name of the Father of Hindi Travel Literature Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan. It was first awarded in the year 1993 to Dr. Kamala SankrityayanKamala Sankrityayan
Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan , was one of the popular Hindi writer, editor and Nepali scholar of the 20th century and the wife of historian Rahul Sankrityayan.- Biography :...
& Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi.
Honour
Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award is awarded for the Development Travelog & Research and analytical works in HindiHindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
every year by the President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
Of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Award Recipients
| Year | Name | Presenter |
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| 1993 | (Late) Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan Kamala Sankrityayan Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan , was one of the popular Hindi writer, editor and Nepali scholar of the 20th century and the wife of historian Rahul Sankrityayan.- Biography :... |
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| 1993 | Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi | |
| 1994 | Shankar Dalal Singh | |
| 1994 | Vishwanath Iyer | |
| 1995 | Vishnu Prabhakar Vishnu Prabhakar Vishnu Prabhakar was a Hindi writer. He had several short stories, novels, plays and travelogues to his credit... |
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| 1995 | Dr. Rajendra Awasthi | |
| 1996 | Dr. Prabha Khaitan | |
| 1996 | Dr. Chandrakant Mahadev Bandiwadekar | |
| 1997 | Dr. Rameshwar Dayal Dubey | |
| 1997 | Katil Ganapati Sharma | |
| 1998 | Dr. Rajmal Bora | |
| 1998 | (Late) Dr. Nagendranath Upadhyaya | |
| 1999 | (Late) Dr. Shashiprabha Shastri | |
| 1999 | Dr. Seetesh Alok | |
| 2000 | (Late) Shailesh Matiyani Shailesh Matiyani Ramesh Singh Matiyani 'Shailesh, popularly known as Shailesh Matiyani , is a Hindi writer, poet, essayist from Uttarakhand.... |
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| 2000 | Dr. V. Govind Shenay | |
| 2001 | Dr. Kamal Kishore Goenka | |
| 2001 | Dr.Viveki Rai Viveki Rai Viveki Rai is a famous literary figure of Hindi & Bhojpuri literature. He belongs to Sonwani village in Ghazipur. He got many awards from U P Govt. He has written more than 50 books. Sonamati is a popular novel of Mr.Rai... |
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| 2002 | Dr. Ramdaras Mishra | |
| 2002 | Dr. S Takanmadi Amma | |
| 2003 | Krishnanath Mishra | |
| 2003 | Dinneshwar Prasad | |
| 2004 | Amritlal Veghad | |
| 2004 | Virendra Kumar Baranwal | |
| 2005 | Bhagwan Singh | |
| 2005 | Dr. Ramesh Chandrashah | |
| 2006 | Dr. Sadhana Saxena | |
| 2006 | Pro. Shekhar Pathak Shekhar Pathak Dr. Shekhar Pathak is an Indian historian, writer and academician from Uttarakhand. He is a founder of People's Association for Himalaya Area Research , established in 1983, former professor of History at Kumaun University, Nainital and a Nehru Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Studies at Teen... |
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| 2007 | Dr. Puran Chandra Joshi | Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil |
| 2007 | Hariram Meena | Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil |