OTHER NATIONAL AWARDS

CARRYING CASH AWARD OF RS. 3 LAKH, INSITUTED BY K.K. BIRLA FOUNDATION 1992 FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO LITERATURE IN ANY LANGUAGE IN EIGHTH SCHEDULE. FOR 1993 THIS AWARD WAS GIVEN TO VIJAY TENDULKAR, FOR 1994 TO DR.HARBHAJAN SINGH, FOR 1995 TO SMT. N.BALMANI AMMA OF KERALA, FOR 1996 TO SHAMSUR RAHMAN FARUQI, FOR 1997 TO MANUBHAI PANCHOLI, FOR 1998 TO SHANKH GHOSH, FOR 1999 TO TAMIL PLAYWRIGHT DR. INDIRA PARTHASARATHI, FOR 2000 TO ORIYA MANB OF LITERATURE MAJOJ DAS FOR HIS NOVEL "AMRIT PHULA". THE AWARD FOR 2001 WAS GIVEN TO PUNJABI NOVELIST DR.DALIP KAUR TIWANA FOR THE NOVEL