The
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
confers Bharatendu Harishchandra Awards to encourage original and creative writing in
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
. The program began in 1983.
References
External links Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Annual Report 2000-2001. p 47.
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Indian awards
Indian journalism awards
1983 establishments in India