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Soviet Land Nehru Award

The Soviet Land Nehru Award was an award given to works and artists from India in view of the friendly relations between India and the Soviet Union. It was presented by the Soviet Union under the auspices of the Soviet Embassy.[1][2]

HistoryEdit

The Soviet Land Nehru Award started in 1965 in memory of Jawaharlal Nehru.[3] It was awarded to the best literary works with the aim of sustaining friendly relations between the Soviet Union and India. this award was given for visual arts. The person and the work were selected by a committee constituted for the award under the auspices of the Soviet Embassy. Its first award was given to Hindi poet Sumitranandan Pant by Indira Gandhi on 15 November 1965.[3][4] Initially, in addition to a prize of ₹15000, a 2 week Russia-tour was also provided.[3]

AwardeesEdit

Years Artist Work
1965 Sumitranandan Pant Lokayatan
1966 (?) Yagyadutt Sharma Shilaanyaas
1967 Harivanshrai Bachchan Chausath Rusi Kavitaen[5]
1968 Vrindavanlal Verma[6] ?
1968 Firaq Gorakhpuri Gul-e-Nagma
1969 Yashpal[7] ?
1969 Qurratulain Hyder [8]
1970 Amritlal Nagar Amrit and Poison[9]
1971 Amrit Rai The Pen Soldier[10]
1972 Upendranath Ashk ?
? Devendra Kaushik ?
? Prabhakar Machwe ?
1973 Kedarnath Agarwal Flowers Do Not Speak Colors[11]
1974 Shivmangal Singh Suman Mitti Ki Baraat[12]
1975 Shivkumar Mishra Marxist Literary-Reflection[13]
? Vishnu Prabhakar Awaara Messiah
1979 Mithileshwar[14] ?
? Darshan Singh ?
1981 Kartar Singh Duggal[15] ?
1982 Ram Vilas Sharma English Raj and Marxism in India[16]
1983 Bhisham Sahni ?
1984 Amarkant ?
? Varsha Adalja ?
1985 Satyajit Ray[17] ?
1986 Sukhdev Prasad Indo-Soviet Friendship in Space[18]
1986 Gyanranjan For the epoch-making editing of 'Pahal'[19]
1987 Abdul Bismillah Jhini Jhini Bini Chadaria[20][21]
Vishwanath Tripathi ?
1989 Kavitha Balakrishnan for painting
? Divik Ramesh ?
? Abhimanyu Anat ?
? Padma Sachdev ?

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Soviet Land Nehru Award". Webdunia. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  2. ↑ "Soviet Land Nehru Award". gadyakosh. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sumitranandan Pant: Life and Literature, Volume II, Shanti Joshi, Rajkamal Publications, New Delhi, 1st ed.-1977, p.-612.
  4. ↑ Sumitranandan Pant: Life and Literature, Second Volume, Shanti Joshi, Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi, 1st edition - 1977, Views in the second picture after the table of contents.
  5. ↑ From 'Dashdwar' to 'Sopan', Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Rajpal & Sons, Delhi, ed.-1992, p. 213.
  6. ↑ Vrindavanlal Verma Samagra, Seventh Volume, Editor- Dr. Vishwanath Prasad, Hindi Pracharak Publications (Pvt.) Ltd., Varanasi, First Edition-2000, page-924.
  7. ↑ Yashpal Rachnavali, Part-14, Coordination-Editing- Anand, Lokbharti Publications, Allahabad, First (Paperback) Edition-2007, page-506.
  8. ↑ "Jnanpith Award" for translated works, Editor- Dr. Prabhakar Shrotriya, Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi, ed.-2005, pages-484, 485 and 489.
  9. ↑ Sanved (magazine), March 2018 (focused on Amritlal Nagar), Guest Editor- Bipin Tiwari, p.-359.
  10. ↑ Our best publication, Hans Publications, Allahabad, p.
  11. ↑ Nowadays (Magazine), May 2011 (focused on Kedarnath Agarwal), Editor- Seema Ojha, Publications Division, New Delhi, p.27.
  12. ↑ "Shivmangal Singh 'Suman': Man and the Creator", Prabhakar Shrotriya, Topical Publications, New Delhi, ed.-1990, p-165.
  13. ↑ "Marxist Literary-Reflection: History and Theory", Shivkumar Mishra, Vani Prakashan, New Delhi, ed.2010, outlined on the last cover flap.
  14. ↑ Mithileshwar, "Compiled Stories", National Book Trust India, New Delhi, ed.2013, author on the last cover mentioned under introduction.
  15. ↑ "National Book Trust Dialogue", Year-17, Issue-2, February 2012, p-7.
  16. ↑ Nowadays (Magazine), September 2012 (focus on Ram Vilas Sharma), Editor- Seema Ojha, Publications Division, New Delhi, p.
  17. ↑ The Pleasant Journey of Hindi Cinema, Ganga Prasad Sharma, Diamond Books, p-34.
  18. ↑ Allahabad Literary Dictionary, Editor-Dr. S. K. Pandey Dr. Vijayanand, Hindustani Academy, Allahabad, ed.-2009, p. 60-61
  19. ↑ Story: Contemporary Challenges, Shambhu Gupta, Vani Prakashan, ed.-2009, p. 16.
  20. ↑ https://sahityavimarsh.com/jhini-jhini-bini-chadaria/
  21. ↑ Zaharabad, Abdul Bismillah, Rajkamal Publications, New Delhi, 1st Paperback Edition-1994 , Page 1.
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