Sobhagya Singh Shekhawat
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Saubhagya Singh Shekhawat (सौभाग्य सिंह शेखावत) is an Indian Rajasthani language
writer.
Though moderately educated, he is known as a high ranking scholar who has contributed to almost all the research journals of Rajasthan
. He is known as an expert on the ancient Dingal
language.
Rajasthani language
Rajasthani Rajasthani Rajasthani (Devanagari: , Perso-Arabic: is a language of the Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by 50 million people in Rajasthan and other states of India and in some areas of Pakistan. The number of speakers may be up to 80 million worldwide...
writer.
Though moderately educated, he is known as a high ranking scholar who has contributed to almost all the research journals of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
. He is known as an expert on the ancient Dingal
Dingal
Dingal is an ancient Indian language written in Nagri script and having literature in prose as well as poetry.This language was being spoken and used for writing in present Rajasthan, Gujarat and Sindh of Pakistan...
language.
Awards
- Maharana Kumbha Award 1983-84 (Maharana Mewar Foundation, Udaipur)
- Hajari Mal Banthiya Award ( Calcutta)
- Prithvi Raj Rathore Award (Rajasthani Bhasa Sahitya Evam Sanskriti Academy, Bikaner)
- Rati Ghati Puruskar (Bikaner)
- PhoolChand Banthiya Puruskar Culcutta 1973,
- Vishishtha Sahityakar Puruskar, Rajasthan Sahitya Academy Udaipur 1976,
- Rajasthan Ratnakar, Deep Chand Jain Puruskar New Delhi 1978,,
- Rajasthani Gadya Puruskar,Rajasthani Bhasha Sahitya Sangam,Bikaner 1978-79,
- Maharana Kumbha Award Maharana Mewar Foundation Udaipur, 1983-84,
- Dwarika Nidhi Sahitya Samman,Jaipur 1992
- Puranmal Misra Sanskriti Puruskar, Shekhawati Sahitya kala evam Sanskriti , Academy,Laxmangarh, Shekhawati, 1996,
- Kunwar Kartar Singh Gurjar Sahitya Samman, 1996 Jai Sahitya Sansad,Jaipur,
- Sahitya Samman,Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Amrit mahotsava Samiti, 1998,.
- lakhotiya Puruskar Aashrani Ramniwas Lakhotiya Trust New Delhi (2001),Sahitya Samman ,
- Rajpoot Chetna Evam Jagran Manch,Bikaner 2001,
- Sahitya Samman Rajpoot Sabha Sikar 2001
- Palaki Siropav ro Kurab Maharaja Gaj Singh Jodhpur 2003,
- Goenka Rajasthani Sahitya Samman 2011