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Narsinh Mehta Award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Narsinh Mehta Award |
| image | Narsinh Mehta Award Chinu Modi.JPG |
| caption | The idol of Narsinh Mehta presented as an award |
| subheader | Civilian award for contributions to Literature |
| awarded_for | Presented for the contribution in Gujarati literature |
| sponsor | Narsinh Mehta Shahitya Nidhi Trust |
| firstawarded | 1999 |
| lastawarded | 2019 |
| reward | 1,51,000 |
| holder_label | Most recent winner |
| award1_type | Total awarded |
| award1_winner | 26 |
| award2_type | First winner |
| award2_winner | Rajendra Shah |
| award3_type | Last winner |
| award3_winner | Kamal Vora |
Narsinh Mehta Award (Gujarati: નરસિંહ મહેતા પુરસ્કાર) is one of the highest awards of Gujarati literature. The award is conferred upon Gujarati language author by Adyakavi Narsinh Mehta Sahitya Nidhi, Junagadh, Gujarat. The award is held at corpuscle of Sharad Purnima, mostly at Rupayatan, Junagadh. The award was instituted in 1999. The recipient is presented the idol of Narsinh Mehta and 1,51,000.
The award of 2013 was conferred upon Nalin Raval and Harikrushna Pathak on 18 October 2013 at Rupayatan.
The new award of 2025 was conferred upon Harsh Brahmabhatt 9 September 2025.
Recipients
| Year | Recipients | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Rajendra Shah | |||||||||
| 2000 | Makarand Dave | |||||||||
| 2001 | Niranjan Bhagat | |||||||||
| 2002 | Amrut Ghayal | |||||||||
| 2003 | Jayant Pathak | |||||||||
| 2004 | Ramesh Parekh | |||||||||
| 2005 | Chandrakant Sheth | |||||||||
| 2006 | Rajendra Shukla | |||||||||
| 2007 | Suresh Dalal | |||||||||
| 2008 | Chinu Modi | |||||||||
| 2009 | Bhagwatikumar Sharma | |||||||||
| 2010 | Anil Joshi | |||||||||
| 2011 | Bhanuprasad Pandya | |||||||||
| 2012 | Madhav Ramanuj | |||||||||
| 2013 | title=જૂનાગઢમાં પુ.મોરારીબાપુના હસ્તે કવિ નલિન રાવળ અને હરિકૃષ્ણ પાઠકને નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ એનાયત | website=Akilanews.com | date=2015-05-02 | url=http://www.akilanews.com/19102013/saurashtra-news/919331382164272-9193 | language=gu | accessdate=2015-05-02 | archive-date=2016-04-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424183422/http://www.akilanews.com/19102013/saurashtra-news/919331382164272-9193 | url-status=dead }} | |
| 2014 | Harish Meenashru | |||||||||
| 2015 | Manohar Trivedi | |||||||||
| 2016 | Jalan Matari | |||||||||
| 2017 | Dalpat Padhiyar & Gulam Mohammed Sheikh | |||||||||
| 2018 | Vinod Joshi | |||||||||
| 2019 | title=2019નો નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ લોકપ્રિય શાયર ખલીલ ધનતેજવીને….. | website=chitralekha | date=2017-09-12 | url=https://chitralekha.com/news/gujarat/khalil-dhantejvi-will-be-awarded-2019-narasimha-mehta-award/ | language=gu | access-date=2019-09-09 | archive-date=2019-09-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920194214/https://chitralekha.com/news/gujarat/khalil-dhantejvi-will-be-awarded-2019-narasimha-mehta-award/ | url-status=live }} | |
| 2020 | title=ચાર કવિને અપાશે નરસિંહ મહેતા અવૉર્ડ | trans-title=Narsinh Mehta Award will be given to these four poets from Gujarat | newspaper=Gujarati Mid-Day | date=12 September 2023 | url=https://www.gujaratimidday.com/news/gujarat-news/article/narsingh-mehta-award-will-be-given-to-these-four-poets-from-gujarat-202799 | access-date=9 November 2023 | language=gu | archive-date=9 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109135644/https://www.gujaratimidday.com/news/gujarat-news/article/narsingh-mehta-award-will-be-given-to-these-four-poets-from-gujarat-202799 | url-status=live}} |
| 2021 | Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin' | |||||||||
| 2022 | Yagnesh Dave | |||||||||
| 2023 | Udayan Thakker | |||||||||
| 2024 | title=સન્માન: આ વર્ષનો નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ કવિ કમલ વોરાને એનાયત થશે | newspaper=Divya Bhaskar | date=18 September 2024 | url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/local/gujarat/bhavnagar/news/this-years-narasimha-mehta-award-will-be-conferred-on-poet-kamal-vora-133659694.html | language=gu | access-date=26 September 2024}} | ||||
| 2025 | Harsh Brahmabhatt |
References
References
- [https://rupayatan.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/%e0%aa%a8%e0%aa%b0%e0%aa%b8%e0%aa%bf%e0%aa%82%e0%aa%b9-%e0%aa%ae%e0%aa%b9%e0%ab%87%e0%aa%a4%e0%aa%be-%e0%aa%8f%e0%aa%b5%e0%ab%8b%e0%aa%b0%e0%ab%8d%e0%aa%a1-%e0%ab%a8%e0%ab%a6%e0%ab%a7%e0%ab%a7/ NMA 2011] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-11-21 , Narinh Mehta Award 2011 information on Rupayatan's Blog.)
- [http://rupayatan.com/2013/10/12/nma-2013/ Narsinh Mehta Award 2013] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-10-15 Rupayatan Blog: Narsinh Mehta Award 2013)
- (2015-05-02). "જૂનાગઢમાં પુ.મોરારીબાપુના હસ્તે કવિ નલિન રાવળ અને હરિકૃષ્ણ પાઠકને નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ એનાયત".
- "આ વર્ષનો નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ જલન માતરીને મળશે".
- (2017-09-12). "2019નો નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ લોકપ્રિય શાયર ખલીલ ધનતેજવીને…..".
- (12 September 2023). "ચાર કવિને અપાશે નરસિંહ મહેતા અવૉર્ડ". Gujarati Mid-Day.
- (18 September 2024). "સન્માન: આ વર્ષનો નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ કવિ કમલ વોરાને એનાયત થશે". [[Divya Bhaskar]].
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