Karnataka Rajyotsava award
| Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasti | |||||
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Awarded by Government of Karnataka |
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| Type | Civilian | ||||
| Category | State | ||||
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| Instituted | 1966 | ||||
| First awarded | 1966 | ||||
| Last awarded | 2016 | ||||
| Total awarded | 2400 (Awardees including Individuals & Institutions) |
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| Cash award | ₹1,00,000 | ||||
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The Rajyotsava Awards, the second highest civilian honor of the Karnataka state are conferred annually by the Karnataka Government on the occasion of the birth of Karnataka State on November 1 celebrated as Kannada Rajyotsava.
The awards are presented in Bengaluru by the Chief Minister of Karnataka on November 1 of every year. Each award carries an amount of ₹100,000, a 20-gram gold medal and a citation. In addition to that, the government has in the past, allotted commercial land for eligible awardees.
Karnataka Rajyotsava Award was instituted in 1966 to be awarded to citizens of Karnataka in recognition of their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and Public Affairs. It has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of Karnataka but did contribute in various ways to Karnataka.The award is not conferred in 1977,1978,1979,1980,2009.
The Government of Karnataka announced 61 names for the year 2015 on the occasion of the 61th anniversary of the awards.
The Government of Karnataka announced 60 names for the year 2015 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the awards.
The Government of Karnataka announced 59 names for the year 2014 on the occasion of the 59th anniversary of the awards. The awards were given away at the Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bangalore on 1st November 2014. The 2014 awards saw 1924 nominations that were screened by a panel. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah announced that the government would bring out commemorative postal stamps of the 59 awardees.
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