Kumar Suvarna Chandrak
| Type | Civilian |
|---|---|
| Category | Literature |
| Description | Literary honor in Gujarat, India |
| Instituted | 1944 |
| First awarded | 1944 |
| Last awarded | 2014 |
| Total awarded | 52 |
| Awarded by | Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad And Hiraben Foundation, Mumbai. |
| Previous name(s) | Kumar Chandrak (till 1983) |
| First awardee(s) | Hariprasad Desai |
| Last awardee(s) | Harsh Brahmbhatt |
Kumar Suvarana Chandrak or Kumar Gold Medal is a literary award given by Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad, India since 1944. The medal is annually conferred to Gujarati author for his contribution in Kumar magazine published by Kumar Trust. In the year 1950, Chandravadan Mehta refused to accept Kumar Chandrak. [1] [2]
History
Medal was established in 1944, by Yashavant Pandya, an author contributing to Kumar. Initially Gujarati authors Balwantray Thakore, Vishnuprasad R. Trivedi and Sundaram had served in a committee for selection of awardee. Subsequently Ramnarayan V. Pathak and Anantrai Raval served on the committee. From 1983 to 2002, there is no expressed declaration of this medal, but from 2003 it have been started again. It was known as Kumar Chandrak (Kumar Medal) formerly but was renamed Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (Kumar Gold Medal) in 2003.[1][2]
Recipients
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Hariprasad Desai |
| 1945 | Pushkar Chandarvakar |
| 1946 | Yashodhar Mehta |
| 1947 | Rajendra Shah |
| 1948 | Balmukund Dave |
| 1949 | Niranjan Bhagat |
| 1950 | Vasudev Bhatt |
| 1951 | Bakul Tripathi |
| 1952 | Shivkumar Joshi |
| 1953 | Ashok Harsh |
| 1954 | Shivprasad Trivedi |
| 1955 | Umakant Shah |
| 1956 | Chandravadan A. Buch |
| 1957 | Jayant Pathak |
| 1958 | Hemant Desai |
| 1959 | Ushnas |
| 1960 | Navneet Parekh |
| 1961 | Sunil Kothari |
| 1962 | Labhshankar Thakar |
| 1963 | Priyakant Maniar |
| 1964 | Chandrakant Sheth |
| 1965 | Raghuveer Chaudhari |
| 1966 | Father Vallés |
| 1967 | Harikrushna Pathak |
| 1968 | Gulabdas Broker |
| 1969 | Bhanuprasad Pandya |
| 1970 | Ramesh Parekh |
| 1971 | Dhiru Parikh |
| 1972 | Madhusudan Parekh |
| 1973 | Kanubhai Jani |
| 1974 | Madhusudan Dhaky |
| 1975 | Hariprasad Shastri |
| 1976 | Vinod Bhatt |
| 1977 | Bhagwatikumar Sharma |
| 1978 | Ashvin R. Desai |
| 1979 | Shankardev Vidyalankar |
| 1980 | Bahadurshah Pandit |
| 1981 | Hasmukh Baradi |
| 1982 | Prafull Raval |
| 1983 | Chandrashankar Bhatt 'Shashishivam' |
| 2003 | Rajnikumar Pandya |
| 2004 | Ramchandra Patel |
| 2005 | Bahadurbhai Vank |
| 2006 | Priti Sengupta |
| 2007 | Sushrut Patel |
| 2008 | Bhagirath Brahmbhatt |
| 2009 | Parantap Pathak |
| 2010 | Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin' |
| 2011 | Pravin Darji |
| 2012 | Radheshyam Sharma |
| 2013 | Yosef Macwan |
| 2014 | Harsh Brahmbhatt |
