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dated February 26, 1958: Sahitya Akademi awards

Prime Minister Nehru on February 24 presented the Sahitya Akademi awards for 1957 to authors of five outstanding books published in Indian languages during the years 1954-57. The recipients of the awards are Premendra Mishra (Bengali), the late Acharya Narendra Deva for his Hindi book Buddha-Dharma-Darshan (philosophy of Buddhism), Chirantananda Swami (Telugu), Dr. Kwaja Ahmad Faruqi (Urdu) and Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (Malayalam). The award consists of Rs. 5,000 and a copper tablet with the name of the author, etc., inscribed on it. In a brief speech Mr. Nehru expressed the hope that the awards would encourage creative writing in the country. The Vice-President Dr. Radhakrishnan, who is also the Vice-president of the Sahitya Akademi, congratulated the authors and expressed the hope that the awards would stimulate further writing and enhance the reputation of the respective literatures.

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