Recipients of Haryana Sahitya Akademi announced

 by Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, JAN 16

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is also chairman of Haryana Sahitya Akademi, has announced the names of litterateurs to be awarded for their outstanding contribution to Haryanvi literature for the year 2012.

          He said that Dr. Puran Chand Sharma of Rohtak would be honoured with Pt. Madhav Prasad Mishr Samman and would be given cash prize of Rs 2.50 lakh, Dr. Rajbir Singh Dhankhar from Rohtak would be honoured with Mahakavi Surdas Samman and would be given cash prize of Rs 1.50 lakh,  Mr. Madhukant from Sampala would be honoured with Babu Balmukund Gupt Samman and would be given Rs one lakh as cash prize. Similarly, Mr. Arun Naithani of Chandigarh would be honoured with Lala Desh Bandhu Gupt Samman and cash prize of Rs one lakh, Mr. Sumer Chand from Sonepat would be given Pt. Lakhmi Chand Samman and cash prize of Rs one lakh and Dr. Vishavbandhu Sharma from Bhiwani would be honoured with Jan Kavi Mehar Singh Samman and cash prize of Rs one lakh.

          He said that Mr. Jaimini Haryanvi from Delhi would be honoured with Aditya Alhar Hasya Samman and cash prize of Rs one lakh and Mrs. Kamal Kapoor from Faridabad would be honoured with Shrestha Mahila Rachnakar Samman and cash prize of Rs one lakh. He said that Dr. Madan Sahni from Gurgaon, Dr. Baldev Raj Shant from Faridabad, Mr. Tejender Sharma from Faridabad, Mr. Dharampal from Sonepat, Dr. K.K. Rattu from Chandigarh and Mr. Surender Bansal from Chandigarh would be honoured with Vishesh Sahitya Sevi Samman.