{"id":14079,"date":"2016-07-29T09:13:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T09:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=14079"},"modified":"2016-07-29T09:13:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T09:13:28","slug":"mahasweta-devi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/mahasweta-devi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahasweta Devi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Recently eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi passed away. She won Jnanpith award in which of the following year?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 1995<br \/>\n(b) 1996<br \/>\n(c) 1999<br \/>\n(d) 1980<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 28 July 2016 writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi passed away in Kolkata. She was 90.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mahasweta Devi was born in 1926 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">She always fought for the rights of women, Dalits and tribals through her writings.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1997, she was awarded with the \u201cRamon Magsaysay Award\u201d.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1979 she won &#8216;Sahitya Academy Award\u2019 and in 1996 she won \u201cJnanpith award\u201d.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1986, the Government of India awarded him with \u2018Padma Shri&#8217; and in 2006 with &#8216;Padam Vibhushan\u2019.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">West Bengal Government awarded her with \u201cBanga Bhushan\u201d the state\u2019s highest civilian honor, in 2011.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a six-decade literary career, she authored over 120 books, comprising 20 collections of short stories and around 100 novels, and contributed innumerable articles and columns to newspapers and magazines, a large number of them woven around tribal life.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her first book, Jhansi\u2019s Rani (The Queen of Jhansi), came in 1956 is one her best creation other includes Aranyer Adhikar (The Occupation of the Forest, 1977), Agnigarbha (Womb of Fire, 1978).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bdnews24.com\/neighbours\/2016\/07\/28\/indian-writer-social-activist-mahasweta-devi-dies-at-90\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bdnews24.com\/neighbours\/2016\/07\/28\/indian-writer-social-activist-mahasweta-devi-dies-at-90<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/mahasweta-devi-writeractivist-passes-away\/article8911291.ece\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/mahasweta-devi-writeractivist-passes-away\/article8911291.ece<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/indiatoday.intoday.in\/story\/mahasweta-devi-dies-at-90-bengali-writer-social-activist\/1\/726438.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/indiatoday.intoday.in\/story\/mahasweta-devi-dies-at-90-bengali-writer-social-activist\/1\/726438.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi passed away. She won Jnanpith award in which of the following year? (a) 1995 (b) 1996 (c) 1999 (d) 1980 Ans: (b) Related facts: On 28 July 2016 writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi passed away in Kolkata. She was 90. 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