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'''Gangadhar National Award For Poetry''' is a literary award given in the field of literature for poetry by [[Sambalpur University]]. It is named after [[Gangadhar Meher]]. First award was given to [[Ali Sardar Jafri]] in the year 1991. Till now 29 poets have been awarded on various Indian languages.
'''Gangadhar National Award For Poetry''' is a literary award given in the field of literature for poetry by [[Sambalpur University]]. It is named after [[Gangadhar Meher]]. First award was given to [[Ali Sardar Jafri]] in the year 1991. 33 poets have been awarded on various Indian languages until now.


==History==  
==History==  
The award was first given in 1991 but the procedure of giving award was started in 1989.
The award was first given in 1991 but the procedure of giving the award was started in 1989.


==Procedure==
==Procedure==
There is a delay of 1 year due to a long process of choosing an awadee, if the awadee won the prize for the year 2019 then he will get his award in the Year 2021, and the award of 2017 will be given in the year 2019. It is awarded on the celebration day of Sambalpur University foundation day, Foundation day is celebrated every year in January.
There is a delay of one year due to a long process of choosing an awardee; if the awardee won the prize for 2019 then he gets his award in 2021, and the award of 2017 was given in 2019. It is awarded on the celebration day of Sambalpur University Foundation Day, which is celebrated every year in January.


Cash prize of Rs 50,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works (An anthology of Gangadhar Meher's Poetry in English translation) is given to receipt of Gangadhar National Award.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf|last=|first=|date=2019-12-23|page=202|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223120942/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf|archive-date=2019-12-23|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223120942/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-12-23|date=2019-12-23|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref>
Cash prize of Rs 1,00,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works (An anthology of Gangadhar Meher's Poetry in English translation) is given to receipt of Gangadhar National Award.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-12-23 |title=SELF STUDY REPORT FOR REACCREDITATION (Volume –I) |url=https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223120942/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf |archive-date=2019-12-23 |access-date=2019-12-23 |page=202}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-23 |title=SELF STUDY REPORT FOR REACCREDITATION (Volume –I) |url=https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223120942/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf |archive-date=2019-12-23 |access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref>


==List of awadees of Gangadhar National Award==
==Awardees==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year of award announced !! Name of the awadee (with year of award given)<ref group=note>The award is given every year on the 1st week of January on the foundation day of Samabalpur University</ref>
!Year of award announced  
!Name of the awardee (with year of award given)<ref group=note>The award is given every year on the 1st week of January on the foundation day of Sambalpur University</ref>
!Language
!Language
!Foundation day the Award Announced
!Foundation day
|-
|-
|1989
|1991
|Nomination process was started
|[[Ali Sardar Jafri]] (1993)
|Nomination process was started
|Announced in 1991s 26th foundation day
|-
| 1991  
||[[Ali Sardar Jafri]]<ref name=":0" /> (Given in 1993)
<br />
|Urdu
|Urdu
|26th foundation day
|26th
|-
|-
| 1992  
|1992
||[[Nabakanta Barua]] (Given in 1994)
|[[Nabakanta Barua]] (1994)
<br />
|Assamese
|Assamese
|27th foundation day
|27th
|-
|-
|1993
|1993
|[[Shakti Chattopadhyay]] (Given in 1995)  
|[[Shakti Chattopadhyay]] (1995)
<br />
|Bengali
|Bengali
|28th foundation day
|28th
|-
|-
|1994
|1994
|[[Jayanta Mahapatra]] (Given in 1996)
|[[Jayanta Mahapatra]] (1996)
<br />
|English/Odia
|English/Odia
|29th foundation day
|29th
|-
|-
|1995
|1995
|[[Kedarnath Singh]] (Given in 1997)
|[[Kedarnath Singh]] (1997)
|Hindi
|Hindi
|30th foundation day
|30th
|-
|-
|1996
|1996
|[[Ayyappa Paniker]] (Given in 1998)
|[[Ayyappa Paniker]] (1998)
|Malayalam
|Malayalam
|31st foundation day
|31st
|-
|-
|1997
|1997
|[[Sitakant Mahapatra]] (Given in 1999)
|[[Sitakant Mahapatra]] (1999)
|Odia
|Odia
|32nd foundation day
|32nd
|-
|-
|1998
|1998
|Nirupama Kaur (Given in 2000)
|Nirupama Kaur (2000)
|Punjabi
|Punjabi
|33rd foundation day
|33rd
|-
|-
|1999
|1999
|[[Vinda Karandikar]] (Given in 2001)
|[[Vinda Karandikar]] (2001)
|Marathi
|Marathi
|34th foundation day
|34th
|-
|-
|2000
|2000
|[[Ramakanta Rath]] (Given in 2002)
|[[Ramakanta Rath]] (2002)
|Odia
|Odia
|35th foundation day
|35th
|-
|-
|2001
|2001
|[[K. Satchidanandan]] (Given in 2003)
|[[K. Satchidanandan]] (2003)
|Malayalam
|Malayalam
|36th foundation day
|36th
|-
|-
|2002
|2002
|[[Shankha Ghosh]] (Given in 2004)
|[[Shankha Ghosh]] (2004)
<br />
|Bengali
|Bengali
|37th foundation day
|37th
|-
|-
|2003
|2003
|[[Sitanshu Yashaschandra]] (Given in 2005)
|[[Sitanshu Yashaschandra]] (2005)
|Gujrati
|Gujarati
|38th foundation day
|38th
|-
|-
|2004
|2004
|[[Dilip Chitre]] (Given in 2006)
|[[Dilip Chitre]] (2006)
|Marathi
|Marathi
|39th foundation day
|39th
|-
|-
|2005
|2005
|[[Gulzar]] (Given in 2007)
|[[Gulzar]] (2007)
|Urdu
|Urdu
|40th foundation day
|40th
|-
|-
|2006
|2006
|[[Nilmani Phookan Jr]] (Given in 2008)
|[[Nilmani Phookan Jr]] (2008)
<br />
|Assamese
|Assamese
|41st foundation day
|41st
|-
|-
|2007
|2007
|[[Haraprasad Das]] (Given in 2009)  
|[[Haraprasad Das]] (2009)
<br />
|Odia
|Odia
|42nd foundation day
|42nd
|-
|-
|2008
|2008
|[[Akhlaq Mohammed Khan]] (Given in 2010)
|[[Akhlaq Mohammed Khan]] (2010)
<br />
|Urdu
|Urdu
|43rd foundation day
|43rd
|-
|-
|2009
|2009
|[[Surjit Patar]] (Given in 2011)
|[[Surjit Patar]] (2011)
<br />
|Punjabi
|Punjabi
|44th foundation day
|44th
|-
|-
|2010
|2010
|[[Rajendra Kishore Panda]] (Given in 2012)
|[[Rajendra Kishore Panda]] (2012)
<br />
|Odia
|Odia
|45th foundation day
|45th
|-
|-
|2011
|2011
|[[Balraj Komal]] (Given in 2013)
|[[Balraj Komal]] (2013)
<br />
|Urdu
|Urdu
|46th foundation day
|46th
|-
|-
|2012
|2012
|[[Vasdev Mohi]] (Given in 2014)
|[[Vasdev Mohi]] (2014)
|Sindhi
|Sindhi
|47th foundation day<ref name="sahitya-akademi.gov.in">{{Cite web |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/library/meettheauthor/vasdev_mohi.pdf |title= Meet the author, Vasdev Mohi| website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref>
|47th<ref name="sahitya-akademi.gov.in">{{Cite web |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/library/meettheauthor/vasdev_mohi.pdf |title= Meet the author, Vasdev Mohi| website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2013
|2013
|[[Soubhagya Kumar Misra]] (Given in 2015)
|[[Soubhagya Kumar Misra]] (2015)
|Odia
|Odia
|48th foundation day
|48th
|-
|-
|2014
|2014
|[[Subodh Sarkar]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/subodh-sarkar-conferred-gangadhar-national-award-for-poetry-116010601237_1.html|title=Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2016-01-06|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref>(Given in 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/subodh-sarkar-conferred-gangadhar-national-award-for-poetry-484088-2016-01-06|title=Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry|last1=January 6|first1=P. T. I.|last2=January 6|first2=2016UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-12-23|last3=Ist|first3=2016 20:35}}</ref>
|[[Subodh Sarkar]] (2016)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/subodh-sarkar-conferred-gangadhar-national-award-for-poetry-116010601237_1.html|title=Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2016-01-06|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/subodh-sarkar-conferred-gangadhar-national-award-for-poetry-484088-2016-01-06|title=Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry|last1=January 6, 2016|website=India Today|date=6 January 2016 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>
|Bengali
|Bengali
|49th foundation day
|49th
|-
|-
|2015
|2015
|[[Leeladhar Jagudi]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hindi-poet-leeladhar-jagoori-to-get-gangadhar-national-award-116120400322_1.html|title=Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori to get Gangadhar National Award|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2016-12-04|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref>(Given in 2017)
|[[Leeladhar Jagudi]] (2017)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hindi-poet-leeladhar-jagoori-to-get-gangadhar-national-award-116120400322_1.html|title=Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori to get Gangadhar National Award|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2016-12-04|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref>
|Hindi
|Hindi
|50th foundation day
|50th
|-
|-
|2016
|2016
|[[K Siva Reddy]] (Given in 2018)
|[[K Siva Reddy]] (2018)
|Telgu
|Telugu
|51st foundation day
|51st
|-
|-
|2017
|2017
|[[Chandrashekhara Kambara]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/sambalpur-university-honour-for-poets/articleshow/67332521.cms|title=Sambalpur University honour for poets {{!}} Bhubaneswar News - Times of India|last1=Jan 1|first1=TNN {{!}}|last2=2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-23|last3=Ist|first3=10:07}}</ref>  
|[[Chandrashekhara Kambara]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/sambalpur-university-honour-for-poets/articleshow/67332521.cms|title=Sambalpur University honour for poets|date=January 1, 2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>
(Given in 2019)
|Kannada
|Kannada
|52nd foundation day
|52nd
|-
|-
|2018
|2018
|[[Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari]] (Award given in 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odishatv.in/odisha/poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-get-gangadhar-national-award-420367|title=Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Get Gangadhar National Award {{!}} OTV|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/hindi-poet-tiwari-to-get-gangadhar-national-award.html|title=Hindi poet Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award|last=Pioneer|first=The|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-get-gangadhar-national-award-119120900180_1.html|title=Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2019-12-09|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orissapost.com/eminent-poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-be-conferred-with-gangadhar-national-award/|title=Eminent poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to be conferred with Gangadhar National Award - OrissaPOST|date=2019-12-09|website=Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.odishabytes.com/hindi-poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-receive-gangadhar-national-award/|title=Hindi Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Receive Gangadhar National Award|date=2019-12-09|website=ODISHA BYTES|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kalingatv.com/state/hindi-poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-get-gangadhar-national-award/|title=Hindi poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get 'Gangadhar National Award'|date=2019-12-09|website=KalingaTV|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://englishnews.reporterstoday.com/viswanath-prasad-tiwariconferred-gangadhar-national-award-for-poetry/|title=Viswanath Prasad Tiwariconferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry|last=Report|date=2019-12-09|website=Reporters Today|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>
|[[Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari]] (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odishatv.in/odisha/poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-get-gangadhar-national-award-420367|title=Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Get Gangadhar National Award {{!}} OTV|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-13|archive-date=2019-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213033521/https://odishatv.in/odisha/poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-get-gangadhar-national-award-420367|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/hindi-poet-tiwari-to-get-gangadhar-national-award.html|title=Hindi poet Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-get-gangadhar-national-award-119120900180_1.html|title=Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2019-12-09|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>
|Hindi
|Hindi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orissapost.com/eminent-poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-be-conferred-with-gangadhar-national-award/|title=Eminent poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to be conferred with Gangadhar National Award - OrissaPOST|date=2019-12-09|website=OrissaPost|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.odishabytes.com/hindi-poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-receive-gangadhar-national-award/|title=Hindi Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Receive Gangadhar National Award|date=2019-12-09|website=Odisha Bytes|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-23|archive-date=2021-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418112214/https://odishabytes.com/hindi-poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-receive-gangadhar-national-award/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|53rd foundation day
|53rd<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kalingatv.com/state/hindi-poet-viswanath-prasad-tiwari-to-get-gangadhar-national-award/|title=Hindi poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get 'Gangadhar National Award'|date=2019-12-09|website=KalingaTV|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://englishnews.reporterstoday.com/viswanath-prasad-tiwariconferred-gangadhar-national-award-for-poetry/|title=Viswanath Prasad Tiwariconferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry|date=2019-12-09|website=Reporters Today|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-23|archive-date=2022-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007181936/https://englishnews.reporterstoday.com/viswanath-prasad-tiwariconferred-gangadhar-national-award-for-poetry/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2019
|2019
|[[Sheen Kaaf Nizam]](Awarded in 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-24|title=Wayback Machine|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324164419/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/notice_1609465933.pdf|access-date=2021-03-24|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
|[[Sheen Kaaf Nizam]] (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-24|title=|url=https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/notice_1609465933.pdf|access-date=2021-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324164419/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/notice_1609465933.pdf|archive-date=2021-03-24}}</ref>
|Urdu
|Urdu
|54th foundation day
|54th
|-
|-
|2020
|2020
|(will be awarded in the year 2022)
|[[Kamal Vora]] (2022)<ref>{{cite news |title=Gujarati poet Kamal Vora gets Gangadhar Award|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=28 Jan 2022|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2022/jan/28/gujarati-poet-kamal-vora-gets-gangadhar-award-2412260.html|access-date=2 Feb 2022}}</ref>
|None
|Gujarati
|To be given on 55th foundation day
|55th
|-
|2021
|[[K. G. Sankara Pillai]] (2023)
|Malayalam
|56th
|-
|2022
|[[Anis Uz Zaman]] (2024)
|Assamese<ref>{{cite news |title=Assamese poet Zaman gets Gangadhar National Award |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2024/Jan/10/assamese-poet-zaman-gets-gangadhar-national-award-2649684.html#:~:text=SAMBALPUR%3A%20The%20prestigious%20Gangadhar%20National,57th%20foundation%20day%20on%20Tuesday. |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
|57th
|-
|2023
|[[Pratibha Satpathy]] (2025)
|Odia<ref>{{cite news |title=Poet Satpathy gets Gangadhar nat'l award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/poet-satpathy-gets-gangadhar-natl-award/articleshow/116971622.cms#:~:text=Sambalpur%3A%20Odia%20poet%20Pratibha%20Satpathy,of%20Sambalpur%20University%20on%20Friday.&text=The%20award%2C%20instituted%20in%20memory,honours%20distinguished%20Indian%20poets%20annually. |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>
|58th
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
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[[Category:1992 establishments in Orissa]]

Latest revision as of 11:59, 28 December 2025


Gangadhar National Award For Poetry
DateFoundation day of Sambalpur University
LocationSambalpur University, Odisha
Country India
Presented bySambalpur University
Reward(s)Cash prize of Rs 1,00,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works (An anthology of Gangadhar Meher's Poetry in English translation)
First awarded1991
Last awarded2021
Highlights
First winnerAli Sardar Jafri (1991)
Latest winnerPratibha Satpathy (2025)
Total awarded33

Gangadhar National Award For Poetry is a literary award given in the field of literature for poetry by Sambalpur University. It is named after Gangadhar Meher. First award was given to Ali Sardar Jafri in the year 1991. 33 poets have been awarded on various Indian languages until now.

History[edit | edit source]

The award was first given in 1991 but the procedure of giving the award was started in 1989.

Procedure[edit | edit source]

There is a delay of one year due to a long process of choosing an awardee; if the awardee won the prize for 2019 then he gets his award in 2021, and the award of 2017 was given in 2019. It is awarded on the celebration day of Sambalpur University Foundation Day, which is celebrated every year in January.

Cash prize of Rs 1,00,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works (An anthology of Gangadhar Meher's Poetry in English translation) is given to receipt of Gangadhar National Award.[1][2]

Awardees[edit | edit source]

Year of award announced Name of the awardee (with year of award given)[note 1] Language Foundation day
1991 Ali Sardar Jafri (1993) Urdu 26th
1992 Nabakanta Barua (1994) Assamese 27th
1993 Shakti Chattopadhyay (1995) Bengali 28th
1994 Jayanta Mahapatra (1996) English/Odia 29th
1995 Kedarnath Singh (1997) Hindi 30th
1996 Ayyappa Paniker (1998) Malayalam 31st
1997 Sitakant Mahapatra (1999) Odia 32nd
1998 Nirupama Kaur (2000) Punjabi 33rd
1999 Vinda Karandikar (2001) Marathi 34th
2000 Ramakanta Rath (2002) Odia 35th
2001 K. Satchidanandan (2003) Malayalam 36th
2002 Shankha Ghosh (2004) Bengali 37th
2003 Sitanshu Yashaschandra (2005) Gujarati 38th
2004 Dilip Chitre (2006) Marathi 39th
2005 Gulzar (2007) Urdu 40th
2006 Nilmani Phookan Jr (2008) Assamese 41st
2007 Haraprasad Das (2009) Odia 42nd
2008 Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (2010) Urdu 43rd
2009 Surjit Patar (2011) Punjabi 44th
2010 Rajendra Kishore Panda (2012) Odia 45th
2011 Balraj Komal (2013) Urdu 46th
2012 Vasdev Mohi (2014) Sindhi 47th[3]
2013 Soubhagya Kumar Misra (2015) Odia 48th
2014 Subodh Sarkar (2016)[4][5] Bengali 49th
2015 Leeladhar Jagudi (2017)[6] Hindi 50th
2016 K Siva Reddy (2018) Telugu 51st
2017 Chandrashekhara Kambara (2019)[7] Kannada 52nd
2018 Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (2020)[8][9][10] Hindi[11][12] 53rd[13][14]
2019 Sheen Kaaf Nizam (2021)[15] Urdu 54th
2020 Kamal Vora (2022)[16] Gujarati 55th
2021 K. G. Sankara Pillai (2023) Malayalam 56th
2022 Anis Uz Zaman (2024) Assamese[17] 57th
2023 Pratibha Satpathy (2025) Odia[18] 58th

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "SELF STUDY REPORT FOR REACCREDITATION (Volume –I)" (PDF). 2019-12-23. p. 202. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  2. ↑ "SELF STUDY REPORT FOR REACCREDITATION (Volume –I)" (PDF). 2019-12-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  3. ↑ "Meet the author, Vasdev Mohi" (PDF). sahitya-akademi.gov.in.
  4. ↑ "Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  5. ↑ January 6, 2016 (6 January 2016). "Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". India Today. Retrieved 2019-12-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori to get Gangadhar National Award". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  7. ↑ "Sambalpur University honour for poets". The Times of India. January 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  8. ↑ "Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Get Gangadhar National Award | OTV". Archived from the original on 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  9. ↑ "Hindi poet Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  10. ↑ "Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  11. ↑ "Eminent poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to be conferred with Gangadhar National Award - OrissaPOST". OrissaPost. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  12. ↑ "Hindi Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Receive Gangadhar National Award". Odisha Bytes. 2019-12-09. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  13. ↑ "Hindi poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get 'Gangadhar National Award'". KalingaTV. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  14. ↑ "Viswanath Prasad Tiwariconferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". Reporters Today. 2019-12-09. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  15. ↑ . 2021-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20210324164419/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/notice_1609465933.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ "Gujarati poet Kamal Vora gets Gangadhar Award". The New Indian Express. 28 Jan 2022. Retrieved 2 Feb 2022.
  17. ↑ "Assamese poet Zaman gets Gangadhar National Award". Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "Poet Satpathy gets Gangadhar nat'l award". Retrieved 6 January 2025.

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The award is given every year on the 1st week of January on the foundation day of Sambalpur University

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