27th Bihari Award-2017

Question: Who was announced to be awarded, the prestigious 27th Bihari award given by the K.K. Birla Foundation, on May 11, 2018?
(a) Vijay Verma
(b) Dr. Satya Narayan
(c) Om Thanvi
(d) Bhagwati Lal Vyas
Ans: (a)
Related Facts:-

  • On 11 May 2018 famous folk musician and writer Vijay Verma of Rajasthan was announced to be given the prestigious ’27th Bihari awards, 2017 ‘provided by the K. Birla Foundation .
  • The decision of awarding ‘Bihari awards’ to Vijay Verma was done by the jury chaired by famous literary figure Nand Bhardwaj.
  • He will be given this award for his collection ‘Lokavalok’.
  • Under this award, he will be given a sum of Rs. 2 lakhs, insignia and citation.
  • This award was started by the KK Birla Foundation in 1991.
  • Which is provided every year for the excellent Hindi / Rajasthani work of any author of Rajasthan published in the last ten years.
  • In the year 1991, the first Bihari award was given to famous poet Jaisingh Neeraj for his poetry collection ‘ Dhani Ka Aadmi ‘.
  • It is known that the 26th Bihari Award of 2015 was awarded to the famous literary writer, Dr. Satyanarayan.

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