Haryana Urdu Academy would honour 19 litterateurs for their outstanding contribution to further enrich Urdu language and literature at a ‘Sahityakar Samman Samaroh’ to be organised by the Academy at Haryana Raj Bhawan here on July 24.
The Academy would also honour eight writers of Urdu on completion of 75 years of their age and for doing commendable work. Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Dr. K.K. Khandelwal, who is also the Executive Vice-Chairman of the Academy, said that Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia would be the Chief Guest on this occasion whereas Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would preside over the function.
He said that Fakhre Haryana Award carrying Rs 1.5 lakh in cash would be conferred upon each Dr. Naresh and Kashmiri lal Zakir whereas, Hali Award with a cash prize of Rs 1.21 lakh would be given away to Dr. Shakeel-ur-Rehman. Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Socio- Culture Achievement Award of Rs 25,000 would be given away to Dr. Kumar Panipati.
Similarly, Sabir Dutt Award for social uplift of women carrying cash prize of Rs 25,000 would be given away to Dr. Raunaque Zaidi, Sayed Muzaffar Husain Burney Award for Urdu Poetry and Khawaja Ahmed Abbas Award for Urdu Prose carrying cash prize of Rs 25,000 each would be given away to Dr K.K. Rishi and Dr. Qamar-ud-Din Zakir.
Dr Khandelwal said that Munshi Gumani lal Award for Urdu Fiction and Surinder Pandit Soz Award for promotion of Urdu in Ambala or its surrounding areas, carrying cash prize of Rs 21,000 each, would be conferred upon Dr. Nazima Jabeen and Maikash Ambalvi.