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{{Infobox award
| name = Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak
| subheader = Ranjitram Gold Medal
| current_awards =
| image =
| imagesize = 200px
| caption =
| awarded_for = Contributions in the field of Gujarati literature and culture
| presenter = [[Gujarat Sahitya Sabha]]
|holder = [[Kumarpal Desai]]
| country =India
| location =[[Ahmedabad]]
| year = 1928
| year2 = 2015
| website =
}}
'''Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak''', also known as the '''Ranjitram Gold Medal''', was founded by [[Gujarat Sahitya Sabha]] and is considered the highest literary award in [[Gujarati literature]]. The award is named after renowned Gujarati writer [[Ranjitram Mehta]]. It is awarded since 1928.<ref name="AGSI"/> The award has not been presented since 2015.<ref name="Parab 2025">{{cite magazine |last=Topiwala|first=Chandrakant|author-link=Chandrakant Topiwala|editor-last=Dudhat|editor-first=Kirit|title=Chandrakant Topiwala's letter|magazine=Parab|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|location=Ahmedabad|date=October 2025|page=79}}</ref>

==Recipients==
List of recipients:<ref name="AGSI">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2010|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|location=Ahmedabad|pages=1403|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref>
* 1928 [[Jhaverchand Meghani]]
* 1929 [[Gijubhai Badheka]]
* 1930 [[Ravishankar Raval]]
* 1931 [[Vijayray Vaidya]]
* 1932 [[Ramanlal Desai]]
* 1933 [[Ratnamanirao Jote]]
* 1934 [[Sundaram (writer)|Sundaram]]
* 1935 [[Vishwanath Bhatt]]
* 1936 [[Chandravadan Mehta]]
* 1937 [[Chunilal Shah]]
* 1938 [[Kanu Desai]]
* 1939 [[Umashankar Joshi]]<ref name=aw>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-poet-umashankar-joshi-remembered-1473880|publisher=DNA|date=2010-11-29|access-date=2013-12-01|title=Poet Umashankar Joshi remembered|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203031619/http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-poet-umashankar-joshi-remembered-1473880|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1940 [[Dhansukhlal Mehta]]
* 1941 [[Jyotindra Dave]]
* 1942 [[Rasiklal Parikh]]
* 1943 [[Omkarnath Thakur]]
* 1944 [[Vishnuprasad Trivedi]]
* 1945 [[Gunvantrai Acharya]]
* 1946 [[Dolarrai Mankad]]
* 1947 Harinarayan Aacharya
* 1948 [[Bachubhai Ravat]]
* 1949 [[Somalal Shah]]
* 1950 [[Pannalal Patel]]
* 1951 [[Jaishankar Bhojak]] 'Sundari'
* 1952 [[Keshavram Kashiram Shastri]]
* 1953 [[Bhogilal Sandesara]]
* 1954 Chandulal Patel
* 1955 [[Anantrai Raval]]
* 1956 [[Rajendra Shah (author)|Rajendra Shah]]
* 1957 [[Chunilal Madia]]
* 1958 [[Krishnalal Shridharani]]
* 1959 [[Jayanti Dalal]]
* 1960 [[Hariprasad Shastri]]
* 1961 [[Ishwar Petlikar]]
* 1962 [[Ramsinhji Rathod]]
* 1963 [[Harivallabh Bhayani]]
* 1964 [[Manubhai Pancholi]]
* 1965 Bapalal Vaidya
* 1966 [[Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia|Hasmukh Sankaliya]]
* 1967 [[Snehrashmi]]
* 1968 [[Manjulal Majmudar]]
* 1969 [[Niranjan Bhagat]]
* 1970 [[Shivkumar Joshi]]
* 1971 [[Suresh Joshi]]
* 1972 [[Ushnas|Natvarlal Pandya 'Ushnas']]
* 1973 [[Prabodh Pandit]]
* 1974 [[Hiraben Pathak]]
* 1975 [[Raghuveer Chaudhari]]
* 1976 [[Jayant Pathak]]
* 1977 [[Jashwant Thaker]]
* 1978 Father [[Carlos G. Vallés]]
* 1979 [[Makarand Dave]]<ref name=bkc>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JObSbMwe3aUC&q=ranjitram+suvarna+chandrak&pg=PA84|page=84|title=Modern Gujarati Poetry: A Selection|first=Suguna Ramanathan|last=Rita Kothari|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=1998|isbn=9788126002948|access-date=2020-10-18|archive-date=2021-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013173929/https://books.google.com/books?id=JObSbMwe3aUC&q=ranjitram+suvarna+chandrak&pg=PA84|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1980 [[Dhiruben Patel]]
* 1981 [[Labhshankar Thakar]]
* 1982 [[Harindra Dave]]
* 1983 [[Suresh Dalal]]
* 1984 [[Bhagwatikumar Sharma]]
* 1985 [[Chandrakant Sheth]]
* 1986 [[Ramesh Parekh]]
* 1987 [[Sitanshu Yashaschandra]]
* 1988 [[Bakul Tripathi]]
* 1989 [[Vinod Bhatt]]
* 1990 [[Nagindas Parekh]]
* 1991 Ramanlal Nagarji Mehta
* 1992 Yashwant Shukla
* 1993 [[Amrut Ghayal|Amrut 'Ghayal']]
* 1994 [[Dhirubhai Thaker]]
* 1995 [[Bholabhai Patel]]<ref name=dna>{{cite news|title=Gujarati litterateur Bholabhai Patel dies|date=21 May 2012|place=Ahmedabad|work=Daily News and Analysis|access-date=June 16, 2014|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-gujarati-litterateur-bholabhai-patel-dies-1691747|archive-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308032757/http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-gujarati-litterateur-bholabhai-patel-dies-1691747|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1996 [[Ramanlal Soni]]
* 1997 [[Gunvant Shah]]
* 1998 [[Gulabdas Broker]]
* 1999 [[Madhu Rye]]
* 2000 [[C. N. Patel]]<ref name="The Times of India 2019">{{cite web | last=John | first=Paul | title=CN Patel, the man who had the privilege to peep into Bapu's inbox, remembered today | website=The Times of India | date=30 January 2019 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cn-patel-the-man-who-had-the-privilege-to-peep-into-bapus-inbox-remembered-today/articleshow/67758181.cms | access-date=26 July 2021 | archive-date=17 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717210720/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cn-patel-the-man-who-had-the-privilege-to-peep-into-bapus-inbox-remembered-today/articleshow/67758181.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2001 [[Narayan Desai]]
* 2002 [[Chandrakant Topiwala]]
* 2003 Madhusudan Parekh
* 2004 [[Radheshyam Sharma]]
* 2005 [[Varsha Adalja]]
* 2006 [[Rajendra Shukla (poet)|Rajendra Shukla]]
* 2007 [[Mohammad Mankad]]
* 2008 [[Dhiru Parikh]]
* 2009 [[Chimanlal Trivedi]]
* 2010 [[Madhusudan Dhaky]]<ref name="DNA India 2011">{{cite news|title=Dhanki Saheb gets Gujarat literature's top award|newspaper=DNA India|date=20 November 2011|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-dhanki-saheb-gets-gujarat-literature-s-top-award-1615118|access-date=26 July 2021|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726102635/https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-dhanki-saheb-gets-gujarat-literature-s-top-award-1615118|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2011 [[Dhirendra Mehta]]
* 2012 [[Sunil Kothari]]<ref name="DB2014">{{cite news | title=સુનિલ કોઠારીને રણજિતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક એનાયત કરાશે (Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak will be awarded to Sunil Kothari) | publisher=m.divyabhaskar.co.in | date=30 August 2014 | url=http://m.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/Ahmedabad-City/1041/MGUJ-AHM-ranjitram-suvarna-chandrak-will-be-awarded-sunil-kothhari-4728408-NOR.html | language=gu | access-date=4 January 2015 | archive-date=4 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104133356/http://m.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/Ahmedabad-City/1041/MGUJ-AHM-ranjitram-suvarna-chandrak-will-be-awarded-sunil-kothhari-4728408-NOR.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2013 [[Nalin Raval]]<ref name="m.divyabhaskar.co.in 2015">{{cite web | title=નલિન રાવળને રણજિતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક | website=m.divyabhaskar.co.in | date=2015-04-26 | url=http://m.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/Ahmedabad-City/1041/MGUJ-AHM-MAT-latest-ahmedabad-news-023504-1763215-NOR.html | language=gu | access-date=2015-05-02 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Navgujaratsamay 2015">{{cite web | title=નલિન રા‌વળને રણજીતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક એનાયત થયો | website=Navgujaratsamay | date=2015-04-24 | url=http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-other-news/Ranjitram-golden-award-to-nalin-raval/articleshow/47043822.cms | language=gu | access-date=2015-05-02 | archive-date=2017-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082104/http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-other-news/Ranjitram-golden-award-to-nalin-raval/articleshow/47043822.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2014 [[Pravin Darji]]
* 2015 [[Kumarpal Desai]]<ref name="Offensive 2017">{{cite web | title=Kumarpal Desai conferred Ranjitram Suvarnachandrak - Times of India | website=The Times of India | date=2017-01-09 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/kumarpal-desai-conferred-ranjitram-suvarnachandrak/articleshow/56396557.cms | access-date=2017-02-09 | archive-date=2017-02-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212043742/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/kumarpal-desai-conferred-ranjitram-suvarnachandrak/articleshow/56396557.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>

==References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Gujarati Vishwakosh}}

{{Gujarati literary awards}}
[[Category:Awards established in 1928]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Gujarati literary awards]]

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