Zahoor Khan Mehar
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Prof. Zahoor Khan Mehar has written several books on the history and culture of Rajasthan
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He has edited more than a dozen research journals, commemoration volumes and souvenirs. He has also delivered more than a 100 radio talks from various stations of All India Radio
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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...
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Achievements and awards
- Rajasthani Sanskriti Ra Chitram, 1981 (Rajasthani, Pen Portraits of Rajasthani Culture)
- Dhar Majlan Dhar Kosan, 1984 (Rajasthani)
- Rajasthan Mein Aajadi Ro Aandolan, 1986 (Rajasthani)
- Talwan Nibandh, 1986 (Rajasthani)
- Arjun Aali Aankh, 1990 (Rajasthani)
- Ujjal Pakh, 1993 (Rajasthani)
- Itihas Ratnakar, 1992 (HindiHindiStandard 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...
) - Rajastan Mein Swatantrata Sangharsh, 1992 (Hindi)
- Itihaskar Jagdish Singh Gehlot, 1992 (Hindi)
- Sanskritik Etihasik Rajasthan, 1992 (Rajasthani)
- Rajasthan Ke Itihas Ka Sarvekshan, 1992 (Hindi)
- Saako Khichi Mukandas Ro, 1992 (Rajasthani, Hindi and English)
- Rajasthan : Swatantrata Aandolan Ka Itihas, 1992 (Hindi)
- Rajasthani Sahitya (Gadhya), 1993 (Rajasthani)
- Jaimal Meratia, 1993 (Rajasthani)
- Rani Laxmi Kumari Chundawat Granthavali, 1994 (Rajasthani)
Essays
More than 200 essays on varied subjects pertaining to the literature, culture and history of Rajashtan published in several reputed journals, magazines and periodicals.He has edited more than a dozen research journals, commemoration volumes and souvenirs. He has also delivered more than a 100 radio talks from various stations of All India Radio
All India Radio
All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...
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Prizes
- Mahendra Jajodia Puruskar, 1981 Rajasthan Ratnakar, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
- Academy Award – 1981-82 Rajasthan Sahitya Academy, UdaipurUdaipurUdaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...
- Best Writing Award, 1982 Rajasthani Graduates National Service Association, MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
- Prithviraj Rathore Puraskar, 1982-83 Highest literary awardLiterary awardA literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
for Rajasthani LanguageRajasthani languageRajasthani 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...
of Rajasthan Sahitya Academy, Udaipur - Rameshwar Tatia Puruskar, 1986 Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, Calcutta
- Marudhar Manishi awards, 1991 J.S.G Research Institute, JodhpurJodhpurJodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
- Ban Bhatt Samman, 1992 Mahatma Jyotirao PhuleMahatma Jyotirao PhuleMahatma Jotiba Govindrao Phule , also known as Mahatma Jotiba Phule was an activist, thinker, social reformer, writer, philosopher, theologist, scholar, editor and revolutionary from Maharashtra, India in the nineteenth century. Jotiba Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule were the pioneer of...
Satya Shodhak Sansthan, Jodhpur - Abhinandan-Patra, 1992 For Literary services of permanent value, Khichi Chouhan Shodh Sansthan, Indroka
- Maharana Kumbha Award, 1992 Maharana Mewar Foundation, Udaipur
- Ghanshyamdas Saraf Award, 1993 Highest award of Rajasthani Literature, Marwari Sammelan, Mumbai
- Abhinandan-Patra, 1994 For meritorious services to Rajasthani Literature, Lakhetia Ger Samiti, Barmer
- Lakhotia Award, 1995 R.N.A.R Lakhotia Trust, New Delhi
- Palki Siropar, 1997 Mehrangarh Museum Trust, Jodhpur
- Marwar Ratna Samman, 2004 Mehrangarh Museum Trust, Jodhpur
- Felicitation by the Jodhpur DistrictJodhpur districtJodhpur District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The city of Jodhpur is the administrative headquarters of the district.As of 2011 it is the second most populous district of Rajasthan , after Jaipur.-History:...
Administration on the occasion of the Independence Day, 1989 and by Rotary ClubRotary InternationalRotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
, Lion’s Club, Yuva Sahityakar Parishad and several educational institutions.
Administrative and public life
- President, Board of Sports, J.N.V University, Jodhpur
- Proctor, Arts Faculty, J.N.V University, Jodhpur
- Member of Faculty Board
- Advisory Board Rajasthani Sahitya Academy, New Delhi
- Executive Member, Rajasthani Bhasa, Sahitya evam Sanskriti Academy, Bikaner
- Advisory Board, Rajasthan Doordarshan, Jaipur