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{{Infobox award<br />
| name = The KLF Book Awards<br />
| image = KLF Book Award.png<br />
| awarded_for = contribution to Indian literature<br />
| presenter = [[Kalinga Literary Festival]]<br />
| country = [[India]] <br />
| firstawarded = 2021<br />
}}<br />
The '''KLF Book Awards''', founded in 2021, is a literary honor in India, presented and established by the [[Kalinga Literary Festival]].<ref name="outlookindia">{{cite web |date=11 September 2021 |title=KLF Announces Titles For Book Awards 2020-21; From Amitav Ghosh To S Jaishankar, Check Out The Full List Here |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/books-klf-announces-titles-for-book-awards-2020-21-from-amitav-ghosh-to-s-jaishankar-check-out-the-full-list-here/394279 |access-date=6 December 2021 |website=Outlook India}}</ref> The awards are given in various categories including fiction and non-fiction books, poetry, [[Hindi]] language books, books in translation, Bhasa first book, business and strategic affairs books, environmental books, biographical and autobiographical books, children books, sports, lifestyle and emerging trend books.<ref name="sundayguardianlive">{{cite news |date=11 September 2021 |title=Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2020-21 announced |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/kalinga-literary-festival-book-awards-2020-21-announced | accessdate=6 December 2021 |newspaper=[[The Sunday Guardian]]}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The KLF Book Awards was established in 2021 by the [[Kalinga Literary Festival]]. The awards for the years 2020-21 were announced in September 2021,<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite news |date=11 September 2021 |title=Kalinga Literature Festival Book Awards 2020-21 announced: Full list of selected titles |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/kalinga-literature-festival-book-awards-full-list-nominated-titles-7502338/ |access-date=6 December 2021 |newspaper=The Indian Express}}</ref> and 47 authors were selected for the award.<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite web |date=14 September 2021 |title=Kalinga Literature Festival to ditch digital and go 'real' live in December |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/kalinga-literature-festival-to-ditch-digital-and-go-real-live-in-december/cid/1830678 |access-date=6 December 2021 |website=Telegraph India }}</ref><br />
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The awards are given in various categories including fiction and non-fiction books, poetry, [[Hindi]] language books, books in translation, Bhasa first book, business and strategic affairs books, environmental books, biographical and autobiographical books, children books, sports, lifestyle and emerging trend books.<ref name="indianexpress"/> The purpose of the award, according to festival director Rashmi Ranjan Parida, is "to contribute to debates and discourses in the national and global public sphere and encourage more thoughtful, reflective, unique and inspiring contributions".<ref name="indianexpress"/><br />
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The awards for 2020-21 will be awarded at Kalinga Literary Festival which is set to be held from 10 to 12 December 2021 in [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
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==List of winners==<br />
===2020-21===<br />
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'''KLF Fiction Book of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''Undertow'', [[Jahnavi Barua]]<br />
* ''Betrayed by Hope: A Play on the Life of Michael Madhusudan Dutt'', [[Namita Gokhale]] and Malashri Lal<br />
* ''The Begum and the Dastan'', Tarana Husain Khan<br />
* ''The Vault of Vishnu'', [[Ashwin Sanghi]]<br />
* ''Undercover in Bandipore'', Ashok Kaul<br />
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'''KLF Non-fiction Book of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''Princestan: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India'', Sandeep Bamzai<br />
* ''The New World Disorder'', [[Shashi Tharoor]] & Samir Saran<br />
* ''Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi'', Vinay Sitapati<br />
* ''The Great Hindu Civilisation: Achievement, Neglect, Bias and the Way Forward'', [[Pavan K Varma]]<br />
* ''A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers'', [[T M Krishna]]<br />
* ''The Death Script'', Ashutosh Bhardwaj<br />
* ''Reporting India'', Prem Prakash<br />
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'''KLF Poetry Book of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''A Poem a Day'', [[Gulzar]]<br />
* ''Kalidasa: Meghduta-The Cloud Messenger'' & ''Kalidasa: Ritusamhara-The Six Seasons'' (Jointly), [[Abhay Kumar|Abhay K.]]<ref name="aninews">{{cite web |date=8 September 2021 |title=Poet-diplomat Abhay K's translation of Kalidasa's 'Meghaduta', 'Ritusamhara' win KLF Poetry Book of the Year Award 2020-21 |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/poet-diplomat-abhay-ks-translation-of-kalidasas-meghaduta-ritusamhara-win-klf-poetry-book-of-the-year-award-2020-2120210909002038/ | access-date=8 December 2021 |website=ANI News }}</ref><br />
* ''From Castleford to Kathmandu'', [[Greta Rana]]<br />
* ''Anek Pal Aaur Mai'', Basant Chaudhary<br />
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'''KLF Hindi Book of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''Khela'', [[Neelakshi Singh]]<br />
* ''Kulbhooshan Ka Naam Darj Kijiye'', [[Alka Saraogi]]<br />
* ''Ravi Katha: Andaaz-E-Bayan Urf Ravi Katha'', [[Mamta Kalia]]<br />
* ''Wah Ustad'', Praveen Kumar Jha<br />
* ''Ek Desh Barah Duniya'', Shirish Khare<br />
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'''KLF Book in Translation of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''Estuary'', [[Perumal Murugan]], tr. Nandini Krishnan<br />
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'''KLF Bhasa Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''The Runaway Boy'', [[Manoranjan Byapari]]<br />
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'''KLF Debut Book Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''I Am No Messiah'', [[Sonu Sood]] and Meena Iyer<br />
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'''KLF Business Book of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''Getting Competitive: A Practitioner’s Guide for India'', [[R. C. Bhargava]]<br />
* ''Overdraft'', [[Urjit Patel]]<br />
* ''Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy'', [[Tamal Bandyopadhyay]]<br />
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'''KLF Diplomacy/Strategic Affairs Book of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World'', [[S. Jaishankar]]<br />
* ''Powershift: India-China Relations in a Multipolar World'', Zorawar Daulet Singh<br />
* ''Himalayan Challenge: India, China and the Quest for Peace'', [[Subramanian Swamy]]<br />
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'''KLF Environmental Book of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''Hari Bhari Ummid''& ''The Chipko Movement: A People's History'', [[Shekhar Pathak]]<br />
* ''[[Jungle Nama]]'', [[Amitav Ghosh]]<br />
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'''KLF Women/Dalit/Tribal/Minorities Literature Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''Harijan: A Novel'', [[Gopinath Mohanty]] (tr. Bikram Das)<br />
* ''Makers of Modern Dalit History'', Sudarshan Ramabadran and Guru Prakash Paswan<br />
* ''A Plate of White Marble'' (''Shwet Patharer Thala'') by [[Bani Basu]] (tr. Nandini Guha)<br />
* ''Ramvilas Paswan: Sankalp, Sahas aaur Sangharsh'', Pradeep Srivastav<br />
* ''Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion and Nation'', [[Shafey Kidwai]]<br />
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'''KLF Biography/Autobiography Book of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated Biography'', [[Tenzin Geyche Tethong]]<br />
* ''Restless as Mercury: My Life as a Young Man Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi'', Gopalkrishna Gandhi<br />
* ''Akhtari: The Life and Music of Begum Akhtar'', [[Yatindra Mishra]]<br />
* ''Bharat Ke Pradhan Mantri'', [[Rasheed Kidwai]]<br />
* ''The House of Jaipur: The Inside Story of India’s Most Glamorous Royal Family'', John Zubrzycki<br />
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'''KLF Children Book of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''Miracle at Happy Bazaar: My Best Stories for Children'', [[Ruskin Bond]]<br />
* ''Grandparents' Bag of Stories'', [[Sudha Murthy]]<br />
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'''KLF Sports Book of the Year Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''The Commonwealth of Cricket'', [[Ramachandra Guha]]<br />
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'''KLF Lifestyle and Emerging Trend Book Award'''<ref name="indianexpress"/><ref name="telegraphindia"/><br />
* ''Eating in the Age of Dieting'', Rujuta Diwekar<br />
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===2022===<br />
KLF Book Awards 2022,<ref name="Outlookindia">{{cite web |title=KLF Book Awards 2022: Sanjeev Sanyal, Hindol Sengupta Among Awardees, Writers Across Genres To Be Awarded |url= https://www.outlookindia.com/national/klf-book-awards-2022-sanjeev-sanyal-hindol-sengupta-among-awardees-writers-across-genres-to-be-awarded-news-254689| access-date=18 January 2023|website=Outlook India}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph India">{{cite web |title=Kalinga Literary Festival announces book awards for 2022<br />
|url= https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/kalinga-literary-festival-announces-book-awards-for-2022/cid/1910840|access-date=19 January 2023|website=The Telegraph India}}</ref> <br />
<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web |title=Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) Book Awards 2022 announced: Meet the winners |url= https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/kalinga-literary-festival-klf-book-awards-2022-announced-sanjeev-sanyal-hindol-sengputa-ranjit-hakote-akshaya-mukul-8393464/#:~:text=The%20Kalinga%20Literary%20Festival%20(KLF)%20announced%20the%20winners%20for%20KLF,Akshaya%20Mukul%20and%20Pravin%20Kumar.|access-date=20 January 2023|website=Indian Express| date=20 January 2023 }}</ref><br />
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'''KLF Non-fiction Book Award 2022:''' <br />
-[[Sanjeev Sanyal]]’s- Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won its Freedom <br />
- Akshaya Mukul’s- Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya <br />
[[Kailash Satyarthi]]’s - Tum Pehle Kyon Nahi Aaye – <br />
Akhilesh’s - AKS –<br />
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'''KLF Fiction Book Award 2022:''' <br />
-[[Navtej Sarna]]’s Crimson Spring )<br />
-Pravin Kumar’s Amar Desva<br />
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'''KLF Poetry Book Award 2022''' <br />
-[[Ranjit Hoskote]]’s - Hunchprose <br />
-Pankaj Chaturvedi’s -Aakash Mein Ardhachandra<br />
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'''KLF Business Book Award 2022''' <br />
-[[Piyush Pandey]]’s Open House<br />
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'''KLF Debut Book Award 2022''' <br />
-Farah Bashir’s - Rumours of Spring <br />
-Sumit Sharma Sameer’s Wake Up Ali…Wake Up Now (Fiction, Vitasta) <br />
- Pradeep Baishakh Faces of Inequality: Stories of the poor and underprivileged from India’s grassroots<br />
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'''KLF Women/Dalit/Tribal/Minorities Literature Award 202'''<br />
-Machhliyan Gayengi Ek Din Pandumgeet- Poonam Vasam (Vani Prakashan)<br />
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'''KLF Children Book Award 2022''' <br />
-Zarin Virji’s - Gopal’s Gully<br />
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'''KLF Lifestyle/Biography/Environment & Emerging Trend Book Award''' <br />
- Bimal Prasad & Sujata Prasad’s, The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan <br />
- [[Hindol Sengupta]]’s Sing, Dance and Pray: The Inspirational Story of Srila Prabhupada Founder-Acharya of ISKCON <br />
- Satyajit Ray Miscellany: On Life, Cinema, People & Much More <br />
- Abhay K- The Book of Bihari Literature-Edited- <br />
- Rama Shanker Singh - Nadi Putra<br />
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'''KLF Book in Translation Award 2022''' <br />
-JADUNAMA: [[Javed Akhtar]]'s Journey (English) by Arvind Mandloi Translated by Dr Rakhshanda Jalil- <br />
- The Bride: The Maithili Classic Kanyadan By Harimohan Jha Translated by Lalit Kumar<br />
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'''KLF Bhasha Book Award 2022''' <br />
-Nepali: Ranjana Niraula- Anubhuti Ko Awataran – Kathmandu- Nepal <br />
-Maithili: Mahendra Malangia’s- Dak, Ghagh aa Bhaddari <br />
-Kannada: Srinivasa Murthy N.S.’s Shilpakala Devaaalayakke Daari – Kamla Enterprises, Bangalore<br />
-Odia: KamlaKant Mohapatra’s- Bou Hajila O Milia- 4Corners, Bhubneshwar<br />
-Malayalam: [[K. R. Meera]]- Qabar<br />
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===2023=== <br />
'''3rd KLF Book Awards'''<br />
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From 2024, Kalinga Literary Festival change the format of KLF Book Awards. First they announced Long List, then Short List and in last winner of the Book Awards.<ref name="The Print">{{cite news |date=17 December 2023 |title=Longlisted titles for KLF Book Awards announced |url=https://theprint.in/india/longlisted-titles-for-klf-book-awards-announced/1889604/ |access-date=30 April 2024|newspaper=The Print}}</ref><ref name="Scroll">{{cite news |date=16 February 2024 |title=Kalinga Literary Festival announces winners in seven categories for its 2023 book awards |url=https://scroll.in/article/1060728/kalinga-literary-festival-announces-longlists-in-various-categories-for-its-2023-book-awards |access-date=30 April 2024|website=Scroll.in}}</ref><br />
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'''''Non-fiction:'''''<br />
-'Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India by Manoj Mitta (Context by Westland)<br />
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'''Fiction:'''<br />
-This Is Salvaged: Stories by Vauhini Vara<br />
(HarperCollins Publishers India)<br />
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'''Poetry:'''<br />
-My Invented Land : New and Selected Poems by Robin S. Ngangom (Speaking Tiger )<br />
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'''Business:'''<br />
-Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions by Akshat Rathi, John Murray (Hachette UK)<br />
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'''Translation:'''<br />
-A Woman Burnt by Imayam (Author), GJV Prasad (Translator) (Simon & Schuster India)<br />
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'''Debut:'''<br />
-The Day I Became a Runner: A Women's History of India through the Lens of Sport by Sohini Chattopadhyay, Fourth Estate India (HarperCollins India)<br />
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'''Children:'''<br />
-When Fairyland Lost Its Magic by Bijal Vachharajani, Rajiv Eipe, Harper Children’s (HarperCollins India)<br />
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===2024=== <br />
'''4th KLF Book Awards'''<br />
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Kalinga Literary Festival conferred annual Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2024 <ref name="NDTV ">{{cite news |date=17 February 2025 |title=Kalinga Literary Festival Honours Authors For Exceptional Works In Literature|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kalinga-literary-festival-2025-honours-authors-for-exceptional-works-in-literature-7730592|access-date=11 April 2025|website=NDTV.COM}}</ref> to the winners across various categories of Hindi and English Litearture. Union Tourism and Culture Minister [[Gajendra Singh Shekhawat]] conferred the KLF Book Awards to the all winners. The winners were awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh each, along with a trophy and citation at a function held on February 15, 2025, at the India Inter-national Centre (IIC), New Delhi.<ref name="The Week">{{cite news |date=15 February 2025 |title=From Vikram Sampath, Vikas Swarup to Shiv Balak Misra: Voices in English, Hindi literature honoured at Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards |url=https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2025/02/15/from-vikram-sampath-vikas-swarup-to-shiv-balak-misra-voices-in-english-hindi-literature-honoured-at-kalinga-literary-festival-book-awards.html |access-date=11 April 2024|newspaper=The Week}}</ref><br />
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'''KLF Book Awards English categories winners'''<br />
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'''Non-Fiction''' - <br />
Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore's Interregnum (1760-1799) – Writer Dr. [[Vikram Sampath]] - publisher Penguin <br />
& <br />
The Sherpa Trail: Stories from Darjeeling and Beyond – Writer Nandini Purandare, Deepa Balsavar – publisher Roli Books <br />
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'''Fiction -'''<br />
The Girl with the Seven Lives - writer [[Vikas Swarup]] – publisher Simon & Schuster <br />
&<br />
The Enclave : A Sharp and Hilarious Portrait of Womanhood in India - Writer – Rohit Manchanda -publisher Harper Collins <br />
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'''Poetry -'''<br />
I’ll Have It Here – Poet [[Jeet Thayil]] – publisher HarperCollins <br />
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'''Business -'''<br />
Digital Fortunes: A Value Investor’s Guide to the New Economy – Writer Smarak Swain – publisher Bloomsbury India<br />
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'''Translation-'''<br />
Ten Days of the Strike: Selected Stories – By Sandipan Chattopadhyay, translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha – publisher HarperCollins <br />
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'''Debut-'''<br />
The Many Lives of Syeda X : The Story of an Unknown Indian – Writer Neha Dixit – publisher Juggernaut <br />
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'''Children-'''<br />
Laxmi Panda: The Story of Netaji's Youngest Spy – Writer Savie Karnel – publisher Westland <br />
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'''KLF Book Awards Hindi categories winners'''<br />
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'''Non-Fiction''' -<br />
Over The Top : OTT ka Mayajaal Book – Writer Anant Vijay – Publisher Prabhat Prakashan <br />
<br />
'''Fiction-'''<br />
Vanya – writer Manisha Kulsherstha – Publisher Rajpal And Sons <br />
Kissagram, Prabhat Ranjan, Rajpal And Sons <br />
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'''Poetry''' -<br />
Dharm Wah Naav Nahin – Poet Shirish Kumar Maurya Publisher Rajkamal Prakashan <br />
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'''Translation''' -<br />
Charu, Chivar Aur Charya –By Pradeep Das- Translator- Sujata Shiven publisher Penguin <br />
<br />
'''Debut'''-<br />
Chakka Jaam- writer Gautam Choubey publisher Rajkamal Prakashan<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Awards established in 2021]]<br />
[[Category:Indian literary awards]]</div>FerdinandGarden