Awards and Honours of Bihar
The Government of Bihar State gives awards and honours to distinguished persons of different fields on the occasion of 26th January, 15th August or other special occasions. The awardees are given citation, cash prizes and shawl.
Here, we are giving brief outline of the important awards and honours, and also list of academy that involves in awards and honour giving which will help the aspirants who are preparing for the State PSC Examinations like BPSC.
Awards and Honours of Bihar
Awards |
Subjects |
Bihar Vishyak Granth |
Land, natural regions, art and daily life |
Dr. Grierson Prize |
Books written on folk language of Bihar (Maithili & Magadhi) |
Bhikhari Thakur Prize |
Books written in Bhojpuri language |
Short story Prize |
Short stories |
Dr. Father kalim Bulke Prize |
Poems written in Hindi on Bhakti literature, drama, novel, research, critical appreciation of original volume |
Vidhyakar Kavi Prize |
Hindi books written in different aspects in state language |
All India Granth Puraskar |
Indian Culture, Modern Indian Literature, National Integration, Comparative Study of Indian literature and other Indian languages. |
Chanakya Prize |
Political Science |
Mandan Mishra Prize |
Religion and Philosophy |
Vidyapati Prize |
Lok Sahitya written in Hindi |
Arya Bhatt Prize |
Science |
Upendra Maharathi Prize |
Art & Sculpture |
Ayodhya Prasad Khatri Prize |
Hindi language and Script |
Kashi Prashad Jaiswal Prize |
History and Sanskrit |
Raja Radhika Raman Prasad Singh Prize |
Novel and Story |
Shiv Pujan Sahai Prize |
Literature, remembrance and journey |
Rambriksha Benipuri Prize |
Drama and Stage |
Kedarnath Mishra ‘Prabhat’ Prize |
Poem |
Nalin Vilochan Sharma |
Review |
Gorakhnath Singh Prize |
Economics |
Dr. Sachidanand Sinha Prize |
Law literature |
Amarnath Jha Prize |
Child literature |
Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu Prize |
Published Research paper related with Hindi language and literature |
Gopal Singh Nepali Prize |
Navgeet |
Phanishwar Nath Renu Prize |
Regional Story writing & Literature |
Rashriya Kavi Dinkar Samman |
Literature |
Mahadevi Verma Prize |
Literature |
Radha Mohan Awards |
Contemporary Art |
Kumud Sharma Award |
Female Artist |
Sita Devi Award |
Folk Art |
Phaniswar Nath Renu Prize |
Bihar Shikhar Samman |
Dinkar Art |
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Rajendra Shikahar Samman |
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Maulana Mazharul Shikhar Samman |
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List of Academy that gives literary awards in Bihar
Academy |
Sangeet Natak Academy |
Lalit Kala Academy |
Hindi Granth Academy |
Sanskrit Academy |
Bangla Academy |
Urdu Academy |
South Indian Language Academy |
Tribal Language Academy |
Bhojpuri Academy |
Maithili Academy |
Magadhi Academy |