{"id":48399,"date":"2022-07-13T07:45:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T02:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/?p=48399"},"modified":"2022-07-13T10:05:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T04:35:03","slug":"gujarati-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/gujarati-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gujarati writers have received medals, honours, Shri Ranjitram Gold Medal, Narmad Gold Medal, &#8216;Kumar&#8217;-medal, Gaurav Puraskar, Sahitya Akademi, Shri Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Medal, Bharatiya Jnanpith Award, Saraswati Samman, Narasimha Mehta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medals and honors given to Gujarati writers<\/p>\n<p>Gujarati writers have received medals, honours, Shri Ranjitram Gold Medal, Narmad Gold Medal, &#8216;Kumar&#8217;-medal, Gaurav Puraskar, Sahitya Akademi, Shri Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Medal, Bharatiya Jnanpith Award, Saraswati Samman, Narasimha Mehta.<\/p>\n<p>Gujarat has done injustice to Gujarat&#8217;s best writer and popular Chandrakant Bakshi by not giving him any of the 10 awards.<\/p>\n<p>Shri Ranjit Ram Gold Medal<\/p>\n<p>1928 Ms.Jhaverchand Meghani<br \/>\n1929 Gijubhai Badheka<br \/>\n1930 Ravi Shankar Rawal<br \/>\n1931 Vijayaraya Vaidya<br \/>\n1932 Ramanlal Desai<br \/>\n1933 Ratnamani Rao Jote<br \/>\n1934 Sundarami<br \/>\n1935 Vishwanath Bhatt<br \/>\n1936 Chandravadan Mehta<br \/>\n1937 Chunilal W. Shah<br \/>\n1938 Kanu Desai<br \/>\n1939 Umashankar Joshi<br \/>\n1940 Dhansukhlal Mehta<br \/>\n1941 Jyotindra Dave<br \/>\n1942 Rasiklal Cho. Parikh<br \/>\n1943 Pandit Omkarnathji<br \/>\n1944 Vishnu Prasad Trivedi<br \/>\n1945 Gunavantrai Acharya<br \/>\n1946 Dollarrai Mankadi<br \/>\n1947 Harinarayan Acharya<br \/>\n1948 Bachubhai Rawat<br \/>\n1949 Somalal Shah<br \/>\n1950 Pannalal Patel<br \/>\n1951 Jaishankar &#8216;Sundari&#8217;<br \/>\n1952 of Keshavaram. Shastri<br \/>\n1953 Bhogilal Sandesara<br \/>\n1954 Chandulal Patel<br \/>\n1955 Anantrai Rawal<br \/>\n1956 Rajendra Shah<br \/>\n1957 Chunilal Madiya<br \/>\n1958 Krishnalal Sridharani<br \/>\n1959 Jubilee Dalal<br \/>\n1960 Hariprasad Shastri<br \/>\n1961 Ishwar Patlikar<br \/>\n1962 Ramsinhji Rathore<br \/>\n1963 Harivallabh Bhayani<br \/>\n1964 Manubhai Pancholi &#8216;The Viewer&#8217;<br \/>\n1965 Baplal Vaidya<br \/>\n1966 Hasmukh Sanklia<br \/>\n1967 Jinabhai R. Desai &#8216;Sneharshami&#8217;<br \/>\n1968 Manjulal Majumdar<br \/>\n1969 Niranjan Bhagat<br \/>\n1970 Shivkumar Joshi<br \/>\n1971 Suresh Joshi<br \/>\n1972 Natwarlal Pandya &#8216;Ushanas&#8217;<br \/>\n1973 Prabodh Pandit<br \/>\n1974 Hirabhan Pathak<br \/>\n1975 Raghuveer Choudhary<br \/>\n1976 Jayant Pathak<br \/>\n1977 Jaswant Thackeray<br \/>\n1978 Father Wallace<br \/>\n1979 Makarand Dave<br \/>\n1980 Dhiruben Patel<br \/>\n1981 Labhshankar Thackeray<br \/>\n1982 Harindra Dave<br \/>\n1983 Suresh Dalal<br \/>\n1984 Bhagwati Kumar Sharma<br \/>\n1985 Chandrakant Seth<br \/>\n1986 Ramesh Parekh<br \/>\n1987 Sitanshu Yashchandra<br \/>\n1988 Bakul Tripathi<br \/>\n1989 Vinod Bhatt<br \/>\n1990 Nagindas Parekh<br \/>\n1991 Ramanlal Nagarji Mehta<br \/>\n1992 Yashwant Shukla<br \/>\n1993 Amrit injured<br \/>\n1994 Dhirubhai Thackeray<br \/>\n1995 Bholabhai Patel<br \/>\n1996 Ramanlal Sonic<br \/>\n1997 Gunwant Shah<br \/>\n1998 Gulabdas Broker<br \/>\n1999 Madhu Rai<br \/>\n2000 chi. No. Patel<br \/>\n2001 Narayanbhai Desai<br \/>\n2002 Chandrakant with Dr. Topi<br \/>\n2003 Dr. Madhusudan Parekh<br \/>\n2004 Radheshyam Sharma<br \/>\n2005 Rainsister Adalja<br \/>\n2006 Rajendra Shukla<br \/>\n2007 Mohamed Mankadi<br \/>\n2008 Dhiru Paricho<br \/>\n2009 Chimanlal Trivedi<br \/>\n2010 Madhusudan Dhanki<br \/>\n2011 Dhirendra Mehta<br \/>\n2012 Sunil Kothari<br \/>\n2013 Nalin Rawal<br \/>\n2014 Skilled Tailor<br \/>\n2015 Kumarpal Desai<br \/>\nNarmad Gold Medal<\/p>\n<p>1940 &#8211; &#8217;44 Jyotindra Dave &#8216;Rangtarang&#8217;<br \/>\n1941 &#8211; &#8217;45 Ramlal Modi&#8217; Status of Medieval Gujarat in Dyashraya Poetry&#8217;<br \/>\n1942 &#8211; &#8217;46 Chandravadan Mehta &#8216;Dhargurjari&#8217;<br \/>\n1943 &#8211; &#8217;47 Umashankar Joshi &#8216;Ancient&#8217;<br \/>\n1944 &#8211; &#8217;48 Prabhudas Six. Gandhi&#8217;s &#8216;Dawn of Life&#8217;<br \/>\n1945 &#8211; &#8217;49 Vishnu Prasad Trivedi &#8216;Parishala&#8217;<br \/>\n1946 &#8211; &#8217;50 Ramnarayan Vs. Reader &#8216;BrihatPingal&#8217;<br \/>\n1947 &#8211; &#8217;51 Chunilal Madiya &#8216;Rangda&#8217;<br \/>\n1948 &#8211; &#8217;52 Sundaram&#8217; Yatra<br \/>\n1949 &#8211; &#8217;53 Comet &#8216;Jeevananth&#8217;<br \/>\n1950 &#8211; &#8217;54 Kishan Singh Chavda &#8216;Amsna Tara&#8217;<br \/>\n1951 &#8211; &#8217;55 Hariprasad Shastri &#8216;Mitra Gujarat&#8217;<br \/>\n1952 &#8211; &#8217;56 Shivkumar Joshi &#8216;Sumangala&#8217;<br \/>\n1953 &#8211; &#8217;57 Niranjan Bhagat &#8216;Chandolay&#8217;<br \/>\n1954 &#8211; &#8217;58 Indulal Yagnik&#8217; Autobiography&#8217;<br \/>\n1955 &#8211; &#8217;59 Vijayaraya Vaidya &#8216;Literature of the last century&#8217;<br \/>\n1956 &#8211; &#8217;60 Bhogilal Sandesara &#8216;Literary account of Mahamatya Vastupal and its influence on Sanskrit literature&#8217;<br \/>\n1957 &#8211; &#8217;61 Dhansukhlal Mehta &#8216;Poor Jhuti&#8217;<br \/>\n1958 &#8211; &#8217;62 Sundarji Betai Tulsidas&#8217;<br \/>\n1959 &#8211; &#8217;63 Raojibhai Patel &#8216;Springs of Life&#8217;<br \/>\n1960 &#8211; &#8217;64 Ramprasad Bakshi &#8216;Vadmayavimarsh&#8217;<br \/>\n1961 &#8211; &#8217;65 Kanaiyalal Dave &#8216;Idol of Gujarat&#8217;<br \/>\n1962 &#8211; &#8217;66 Pragji Dosa &#8216;Lamp of the House&#8217;<br \/>\n1963 &#8211; &#8217;67 Ushas &#8216;Grass Planet&#8217;<br \/>\n1964 &#8211; &#8217;68 Jayant Pathak &#8216;Vananchal&#8217;<br \/>\n1965 &#8211; &#8217;69 Suresh Joshi &#8216;Janantike&#8217;<br \/>\n1966 &#8211; &#8217;70 Kalyanrai No. Joshi &#8216;Okhamandalana Waghero&#8217;<br \/>\n1967 &#8211; &#8217;71 Vajubhai Tank &#8216;Playing Roop&#8217;<br \/>\n1968 &#8211; &#8217;72 Hirabahen Tank &#8216;Letter to the Afterlife&#8217;<br \/>\n1969 &#8211; &#8217;73 Kamalashankar Pandya&#8217; Deserted Life&#8217;<br \/>\n1970 &#8211; &#8217;74 Anantrai Rawal &#8216;Unnamilan&#8217;<br \/>\n1971 &#8211; &#8217;75 Pravinbhai Parikh &#8216;Development of Nagari script from Brahmi in ancient Gujarat&#8217;<br \/>\n1972 &#8211; &#8217;76 Madhu Rai &#8216;Kumarni Agashi&#8217;<br \/>\n1973 &#8211; &#8217;77 Rajendra Shah &#8216;Medium&#8217;<br \/>\n1974 &#8211; &#8217;78 Mukund Parasharya &#8216;Satvasheel&#8217;<br \/>\n1975 &#8211; &#8217;79 Vadilal Dagli &#8216;Winter Morning Sun&#8217;<br \/>\n1976 &#8211; &#8217;80 Hasmukh Sankalia &#8216;The beginning of culture in a united India&#8217;<br \/>\n1977 &#8211; &#8217;81 Rasiklal Cho. Parikh &#8216;Mena Gurjari&#8217;<br \/>\n1978 &#8211; &#8217;82 Ramesh Parekh &#8216;Khading&#8217;<br \/>\n1979 &#8211; &#8217;83 &#8216;Sneharshami&#8217; &#8216;Safalyatanu&#8217;<br \/>\n1980 &#8211; &#8217;84 Yashwant Shukla &#8216;Kendra and Paridhi&#8217;<br \/>\n1981 &#8211; &#8217;85 Dr. J. P. Amin &#8216;The Shaivite Idol of Gujarat&#8217;<br \/>\n1982 &#8211; &#8217;86 Labhshankar Thackeray &#8216;Yellow Rose and I&#8217;<br \/>\n1983 &#8211; &#8217;87 Chandrakant Seth &#8216;Padghani Pele Par&#8217;<br \/>\n1984 &#8211; &#8217;88 Swami Satchidananda &#8216;My Experience&#8217;<br \/>\n1985 &#8211; &#8217;89 Harivallabh Bhayani &#8216;Kavyaprapanch&#8217;<br \/>\n1986 &#8211; &#8217;90 Dr. Ramanlal No. Mehta&#8217;s &#8216;Vadodara: A Study&#8217;<br \/>\n1987 &#8211; &#8217;91 Hasmukh Baradi &#8216;Raino Darpanrai&#8217;<br \/>\n1988 &#8211; &#8217;92 Suresh Dalal &#8216;Padhwani&#8217;<br \/>\n1989 &#8211; &#8217;93 Narayan Desai &#8216;Rose in the Fire&#8217;<br \/>\n1990 &#8211; &#8217;94 Gunwant Shah &#8216;Dhai Akshar Prem Ka&#8217;<br \/>\n1991 &#8211; &#8217;95 Vishnu Pandya &#8216;History of Freedom Struggle in Gujarat&#8217;<br \/>\n1992 &#8211; &#8217;96 Ravindra Parekh &#8216;The Homeless Darwaza&#8217;<br \/>\n1993 &#8211; &#8217;97 Harikrishna Pathak &#8216;Pani Ki Goonj&#8217;<br \/>\n1994-98 Yogesh Joshi &#8216;Moti Ba&#8217;<br \/>\n1995 &#8211; &#8217;99 Raghuveer Choudhary &#8216;Tilak Karen Raghuveer&#8217;<br \/>\n1996-2000 Mugatlal Bais &#8216;History of the State of Limbdi&#8217;<br \/>\n1997-2001 Sitanshu Yashchandra &#8216;Say, where did Makanji go?&#8217;<br \/>\n1998-2002 Jawahar Bakshi &#8216;In the City of Stars&#8217;<br \/>\n1999-2003 Ratan Marshall &#8216;Autobiography&#8217;<br \/>\n2000-2004 Ratilal Anil &#8216;Atano Suraj&#8217;<br \/>\n2001-2005 Mohan V. Mapani &#8216;The Surat of the 17th and 18th Centuries&#8217;<br \/>\n2002-2006 Satish Vyas &#8216;Jaane Paade&#8217;<br \/>\n2003-2007 Rajendra Shukla &#8216;Ghazal Code&#8217;<br \/>\n2004-2008 Bhagwati Kumar Sharma &#8216;Surat Muj Ghayal Bhoomi&#8217;<br \/>\n2005-2009 Natwarsingh Parmar Jagru<br \/>\n2006-2010 &#8211; &#8211;<br \/>\n2007-2011 Shrikant Shah Callball Back Door<br \/>\n2008-2012 Reesh ManiR thus writes the journey of Alakh<br \/>\n2009-2013 I saw Hasmukh Shah<br \/>\n2010\u20132014 Mewar flying in the dust of Manilal H. Patel<br \/>\n2011-2015 Dr. Damini Shah Muslim Ghetto: A Tragic Story<br \/>\n2012-2016 Bharat Dave Realistic Drama<br \/>\n&#8216;Kumar&#8217; &#8211; Medal<\/p>\n<p>1944 Dr. Hariprasad Desai<br \/>\n1945 Pushkar Chandravakari<br \/>\n1946 Yashodhar Mehta<br \/>\n1947 Rajendra<\/p>\n<p>r shah<br \/>\n1948 Balmukund Dave<br \/>\n1949 Niranjan Bhagat<br \/>\n1950 Vasudev Bhatt<br \/>\n1951 Bakul Tripathi<br \/>\n1952 Shivkumar Joshi<br \/>\n1953 AD<\/p>\n<p>bereavement<br \/>\n1954 Dr. Shivprasad Trivedi<br \/>\n1955 Umakant Pre. Shah<br \/>\n1956 &#8216;Sukni&#8217; &#8211; Chandrashankar Buchi<br \/>\n1957 Jayant Pathak<br \/>\n1958 Hemant Desai<br \/>\n1959 &#8216;Ushanas&#8217; &#8211; No. M \/ s. pandya<br \/>\n1960 Navneet Parekh<br \/>\n1961 Sunil Kothari<br \/>\n1962 Labhshankar Thackeray<br \/>\n1963 Priyank Maniyari<br \/>\n1964 Chandrakant Seth<br \/>\n1965 Raghuveer Choudhary<br \/>\n1966 Father Wallace<br \/>\n1967 Harikrishna Broker<br \/>\n1968 Gulabdas Broker<br \/>\n1969 Bhanuprasad Pandya<br \/>\n1970 Ramesh Parekh<br \/>\n1971 Dhiru Parikh<br \/>\n1972 Madhusudan Parekh<br \/>\n1973 Kanubhai Janik<br \/>\n1974 Madhusudan Dhanaki<br \/>\n1975 Dr. Hariprasad Shastri<br \/>\n1976 Vinod Bhatt<br \/>\n1977 Bhagwati Kumar Sharma<br \/>\n1978 Ashwin Desai<br \/>\n1979 Shankardev Vidyalankar<br \/>\n1980 Bahadur Shah Pandit<br \/>\n1981 Hasmukh Baradik<br \/>\n1982 Prafulla Rawal<br \/>\n1983 Chandrashankar Bhatt &#8216;Sashisivam&#8217;<br \/>\n2003 Rajnikumar Pandya<br \/>\n2004 Ramachandra B. Patel<br \/>\n2005 Bahadurbhai Vanki<br \/>\n2006 Preeti Sengupta<br \/>\n2007 Sushrut Patel<br \/>\n2008 Bhagirath Brahmbhatt<br \/>\n2009 But Reader<br \/>\n2010 Rajesh Vyas &#8216;Miskin&#8217;<br \/>\n2011 Skilled Tailor<br \/>\n2012 Radheshyam Sharma<br \/>\n2013 Joseph McEwan<br \/>\n2014 Kishore Vyas<br \/>\n2015 Harsh Brahmbhatt<br \/>\n2016 Harshad Trivedi<br \/>\n2017 Bharat Dave<br \/>\n2018 Kalindi Pathak<br \/>\n2019 Mehboob Desai<br \/>\nGaurav Award by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi<\/p>\n<p>1983 Shri Vishnu Prasad Trivedi<br \/>\n1984 Mr. Sundarami<br \/>\n1985 Mr. Umashankar Joshi (Rejection)<br \/>\n1986 Mr. Pannalal Patel<br \/>\n1987 Mr. Sneharashmi<br \/>\n1988 Mr. Ch. Chi. Mehta<br \/>\n1989 Shri Harivallabh Bhayani<br \/>\n1991 Mr. Nagindas Parekh<br \/>\n1992 Mr. Rajendra Shah<br \/>\n1993 Mr. Niranjan Bhagat<br \/>\n1994 Shree Gulabdas Broker<br \/>\n1995 Mr. Hirabhan Pathak<br \/>\n1996 Mr. K. of. Shastri<br \/>\n1997 Mr. Makarand Dave<br \/>\n1998 Shri Dhirubhai Thackeray<br \/>\n1999 Mr. Manubhai Pancholi &#8216;The Viewer&#8217;<br \/>\n2000 Mr. Natwarlal Pandya &#8216;Ushanas&#8217;<br \/>\n2001 Dr. Ramanlal Joshi<br \/>\n2001 Dr. Raghuveer Choudhary<br \/>\n2002 Mr. Dhiruben Patel<br \/>\n2002 Mr. Labhshankar Thackeray<br \/>\n2003 Dr. Madhusudan Parekh<br \/>\n2004 Dr. Bholabhai Patel<br \/>\n2005 Vinod Bhatt<br \/>\n2006 Chandrakant Seth<br \/>\n2007 Amrutlal Vegadi<br \/>\n2008 Varsha Adalja<br \/>\n2009 Dr. Kumarpal Desai<br \/>\n2010 Vinesh Anthony<br \/>\n2011 Taarak Mehta<br \/>\n2012 Bhagwati Kumar Sharma<br \/>\n2013 Sitanshu Yashchandra<br \/>\n2014 Suman Shah<br \/>\n2015 Vinod Joshi<br \/>\n2016 Madhav Ramanuj<br \/>\n2017 Dinkar Joshi<br \/>\n2018 Mohd Mankadi<br \/>\n2019 Manilal H. Patel<br \/>\nSahitya Akademi, Delhi<\/p>\n<p>1955 Mahadev Desai<br \/>\n1956 Ramnarayan Pathak<br \/>\n1958 Pandit Sukhlali<br \/>\n1960 Rasiklal Cho. Parikh<br \/>\n1961 Ramsinhji Rathore<br \/>\n1962 Vishnu Prasad II. trivedi<br \/>\n1963 Rajendra Shah<br \/>\n1964 dollars. Mankad<br \/>\n1965 Kakasaheb Kalelkar<br \/>\nGive 1967 predictions. pt<br \/>\n1968 Sundarami<br \/>\n1969 Swami Anand<br \/>\n1970 Nagindas Parekh<br \/>\n1971 Ch. Chi. Mehta<br \/>\n1973 Umashankar Joshi<br \/>\n1974 Anantrai Rawal<br \/>\n1975 Manubhai Pancholi<br \/>\n1976 Ushanas<br \/>\n1977 Raghuveer Choudhary<br \/>\n1978 Harindra Dave<br \/>\n1979 Jagdish Joshi<br \/>\n1980 Jayant Pathak<br \/>\n1981 Harivallabh Bhayani<br \/>\n1982 Priyakant Maniyari<br \/>\n1983 Suresh Joshi<br \/>\n1984 Ramanlal Joshi<br \/>\n1985 Kundanika Kapadia<br \/>\n1986 Chandrakant Seth<br \/>\n1987 Sitanshu Yashchandra<br \/>\n1988 Bhagwati Kumar Sharma<br \/>\n1989 Joseph McEwan<br \/>\n1990 Anil Ramnath Joshi<br \/>\n1991 Labhshankar Thackeray<br \/>\n1992 Bholabhai Patel<br \/>\n1993 Narayan Desai<br \/>\n1994 Ramesh Parekh<br \/>\n1995 Rain M. adalja<br \/>\n1996 Himanshi Shelato<br \/>\n1997 Ashokpuri Goswami<br \/>\n1998 Jayant Kothari<br \/>\n1999 Niranjan Narhari Bhagat<br \/>\n2000 Vinesh Antani<br \/>\n2001 Dhiruben Patel<br \/>\n2002 Dhruv Bhatt<br \/>\n2003 Bindu Bhatt<br \/>\n2004 Amrutlal Vegadi<br \/>\n2005 Suresh Dalal<br \/>\n2006 Ratilal &#8216;Anil&#8217;<br \/>\n2007 Rajendra Shukla<br \/>\n2008 Suman Shahi<br \/>\n2009 Shirish Panchal<br \/>\n2010 Dhirendra Mehta<br \/>\n2011 Mohan Parmar<br \/>\n2012 Chandrakant Hut<br \/>\n2013 Chinu Modi<br \/>\n2014 Ashwin Mehra<br \/>\n2015 Rasik Shah<br \/>\n2016 Kamal Vora<br \/>\n2017 Urmi Desai<br \/>\n2018 Ashwin Mehta<br \/>\n2019 ratilal borisagari<br \/>\n2020 Harish Meenashru<br \/>\nShri Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Medal<\/p>\n<p>Late 1983. Ramesh Parekh<br \/>\n1984 Kundanika Kapadia<br \/>\nLate 1985. pannalal patel<br \/>\nLate 1986. Rajendra Shahi<br \/>\n1987 late. Balmukund Dave<br \/>\n1988 Madhu Rai<br \/>\n1989 Dr. Dhirendra Mehta<br \/>\nlate 1990&#8217;s. Joseph McEwan<br \/>\n1991 Dr. Madhusudan Parekh<br \/>\n1992 late. Ramprasad Shukla<br \/>\n1993 Vinesh Anthony<br \/>\n1994 Chinu Modi (Rejection)<br \/>\n1995 Radheshyam Sharma<br \/>\n1996 Dr. Chimanlal Trivedi<br \/>\nlate 1997. Digish Mehta<br \/>\nLate 1998. Manhar Modi<br \/>\n1999 Yogesh Joshi<br \/>\n2000 Dr. Ramesh Shukla<br \/>\n2001 Dr. Kumarpal Desai<br \/>\n2002 Dr. Ratilal Borisgari<br \/>\nLate 2003. Manoj Khandaria<br \/>\n2004 Mohanbhai Patel<br \/>\n2005 Dr. Kushal Tailor<br \/>\n2006 Yashwant Mehta<br \/>\n2007 Dr. Manilal H. Patel<br \/>\nLate 2008. Doctor. Jayant Gadito<br \/>\n2009 Jyotibehn Thanks<br \/>\n2010 Harikrishna Pathak<br \/>\n2011 Dhruv Bhatt<br \/>\n2012 Ravindra Parekh<br \/>\n2013 Zorawar Singh Jadvi<br \/>\n2014 Bhanuprasad Pandya<br \/>\n2015 Harsh Brahmbhatt<br \/>\nBharatiya Jnanpith Award<\/p>\n<p>1967 Shri Umashankar Joshi (Joint)<br \/>\n1985 Mr. Pannalal Patel<br \/>\n2001 Mr. Rajendra Shah<br \/>\n2017 Mr. Raghuveer Choudhary<br \/>\nSaraswati Samman<\/p>\n<p>1997 Shri Manubhai Pancholi &#8216;The Viewer&#8217;<br \/>\nMoortidevi Award<\/p>\n<p>1985 Mr. Manubhai Pancholi &#8216;The Viewer&#8217;<br \/>\n2004 Shree Narayan Desai<br \/>\nNarasimha Mehta Award<\/p>\n<p>1999 Rajendra Shah<br \/>\n2000 Makarand Dave<br \/>\n2001 Ushanas &#8211; Niranjan Bhagat<br \/>\n2002 Amrit injured<br \/>\n2003 Jayant Pathak<br \/>\n2004 Ramesh Parekh<br \/>\n2005 Chandrakant Seth<br \/>\n2006 Rajendra Shukla<br \/>\n2007 Suresh Dalal<br \/>\n2008 Labhshankar Thackeray (disagree)<br \/>\nSitanshu (rejected)<br \/>\nChinu Modi<br \/>\n2009 Bhagwati Kumar Sharma<br \/>\n2010 Anil Joshi<br \/>\n2011 Bhanuprasad Pandya<br \/>\n2012 Madhav Ramanuj<br \/>\n2013 Nalin Rawal<br \/>\nHarikrishna Pathak<br \/>\n2014 Harish Meenashru<br \/>\n2015 Manohar Trivedi<br \/>\n2016 Jalan Matrus<br \/>\n2017 Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh<br \/>\ndalpat padiyari<br \/>\n2018 Vinod Joshi<br \/>\n2019 Khaleel Dhantejvik<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medals and honors given to Gujarati writers Gujarati writers have received medals, honours, Shri Ranjitram Gold Medal, Narmad Gold Medal, &#8216;Kumar&#8217;-medal, Gaurav Puraskar, Sahitya Akademi, Shri Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Medal, Bharatiya Jnanpith Award, Saraswati Samman, Narasimha Mehta. Gujarat has done injustice to Gujarat&#8217;s best writer and popular Chandrakant Bakshi by not giving him any of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[24,1,54,4759,6387],"tags":[12652,12641,12629,12656,12653,12648,12649,12658,12651,12654,12657,12655,12650,12637,12642,12647,12640,12645,12644,12639,12638,12646,12643,12625,12630,12635,12628,12633,12636,12632,12627,12626,12634,12631],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/allgujaratnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chandrakant-baxi-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1693&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUKPQ-cAD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48401,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48399\/revisions\/48401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}