PUNJAB ANNOUNCES PUNJABI SAHIT SHIROMANI AWARDS
| By: Paramjit SetiaFriday 29 January 2010 - 06:56:28
Chandigarh January 28: The Punjab Government today announced the Punjabi Shiromani Sahit Awards for the years 2009 and has selected noted writer Sh. Kartar Singh Duggal for the most prestigious ‘Punjabi Sahit Ratan’ award worth Rs 5 lac. It has been agreed upon by Punjab State Language Advisory Board meeting held here today, presided over by Dr. Upinderjit Kaur, Education and Language Minister, Punjab.During the meeting, 17 personalities were unanimously chosen for different Shiromani awards by the board which included ‘Shiromani Punjabi Sahitkar’ award to be conferred to Sh. Piara Singh Bhogal, ‘Shiromani Hindi Sahitkar’ award to Sh. Ravinder Kalia while Sh. Rajinder Nath Rehbar has been selected for ‘Shiromani Urdu Sahitkar’ award.Dr. Upinderjit Kaur, Education and Language Minister, said that ‘Shiromani Sanskrit Sahitkar’ award would be given to Prof. Jagdish Prasad Semwal and ‘Shiromani Punjabi Kavi’ award to Sh. Jaswant Deed. Sh. Rajinder Singh Bhaseen has been chosen for ‘Shiromani Punjabi Gyan Sahitkar/Alochik’ award, while Darshan Gill would be conferred with ‘Shiromani Punjabi Sahitkar (overseas)’ award. Besides this, Sh. Mohan Kahlon for ‘Shiromani Punjabi Sahitkar’ award (outside Punjab) and Sh. Mahinder Singh Manupuri for ‘Shiromani Punjabi Bal Sahitkar Lekhak’ award.Sh. H.S Bawa has been selected for ‘Shiromani Punjabi Patarkar’ award, Sh. Eedu Shariff for ‘Shiromani Ragi/Dhadi/Kavishar’ award and Sh. Om Puri for ‘Shiromani Punjabi Television/ Radio/ Theater/ Play/ Producer/Writer’ award and ‘Shiromani Punjabi Singer/Musician’ award would be awarded to Sh Paramjeet Singh Sidhu (Pammi Bai) whereas the newly instituted ‘Shiromani Punjabi Sahit Patarkarita Puraskar’ would be conferred to Sh Raghubeer Singh Sirjina, she said.The Minister further said that the Advisory Board also decided to honour Sh Roop Singh (SGPC) and renowned photo artist Sh Tej Pratap Singh Sandhu with special awards along with cash prize of Rs. two lac each for their valuable contribution. It has also been agreed upon in the meeting to institute a new award to honour the active Punjabi journalists working overseas with Shiromani Punjabi Parvasi Patarkar Purskar.
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