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.
History The award was established by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan in 1989 on the name of the Rahul Sankrityayan, considered to be father of Hindi travel literature. It was first awarded in 1993 to Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan & Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi.
Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award is awarded for the development travelogue & research and analytical works in Hindi every year by the President of India.
Recipients Year Name Presenter 1993 (Late) Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan 1993 Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi 1994 Shankar Dalal Singh 1994 Vishwanath Iyer 1995 Vishnu Prabhakar 1995 Dr. Rajendra Awasthi 1996 Dr. Prabha Khaitan 1996 Dr. Chandrakant Mahadev Bandiwadekar 1997 Dr. Rameshwar Dayal Dubey 1997 Katil Ganapati Sharma 1998 Dr. Rajmal Bora 1998 (Late) Dr. Nagendranath Upadhyay 1999 (Late) Dr. Shashiprabha Shastri 1999 Dr. Seetesh Alok 2000 (Late) Shailesh Matiyani 2000 Dr. V. Govind Shenay 2001 Dr. Kamal Kishore Goenka 2001 Dr. Viveki Rai 2002 Dr. Ramdaras Mishra 2002 Dr. S Takanmadi Amma 2003 Krishnanath Mishra 2003 Dinneshwar Prasad 2004 Amritlal Veghad 2004 Virendra Kumar Baranwal 2005 Bhagwan Singh 2005 Dr. Ramesh Chandrashah 2006 Dr. Sadhana Saxena 2006 Dr. Shekhar Pathak 2007 Dr. Puran Chandra Joshi Pratibha Patil 2007 Hariram Meena 2010 Dr. Parmanand Panchaal Pranab Mukherjee Raghuveer Chaudhari 2011 Asghar Wajahat Ved Rahi 2014 Dr. Parmanand Panchal
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External links महापंडित राहुल सांकृत्यायन पुरस्कार