Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award

Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award महापंडित राहुल सांकृत्यायन पुरस्कार
Awarded by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Government of India
Category	Travel Literature (2 Individuals)
Description
Description	Literary award in India
Statistics
Instituted	1989
First awarded	1993
Last awarded	2014
Total awarded	30
First awardee(s)	Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi
Last awardee(s)	Dr. Puran Chandra Joshi Hariram Meena
Official website	http://www.hindisansthan.org/hi/awards/mahapandit_awards.html

Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award (Devnagari: महापंडित राहुल सांकृत्यायन पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in India which Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, (Central Hindi Organization), Ministry of Human Resource Development, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in Hindi Travel Literature (यात्रा वृतांत). It is also called Hindi Sevi Samman or Rahul Sankrityayan National Award and is given to number of Hindi experts for playing their important role in promoting the Hindi language..

The award was established by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan in 1989 on the name of the Father of Hindi Travel Literature Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan. It was first awarded in 1993 to Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan & Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi.

Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award is awarded for the Development Travelog & Research and analytical works in Hindi every year by the President Of India.

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