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| Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award महापंडित राहुल सांकृत्यायन पुरस्कार | |
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| Award for contributions to Travel Literature (2 Individuals) Instituted in 1989 | |
| Awarded for | Literary award in India |
| Sponsored by | Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Government of India |
| First awarded | 1993 |
| Last awarded | 2014 |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 30 |
| First winner | Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi |
| Last winner | Dr. Puran Chandra Joshi Hariram Meena |
| Website | www |
Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award (Devnagari: महापंडित राहुल सांकृत्यायन पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in India which Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, (Central Hindi Organization), Ministry of Human Resource Development, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in Hindi travel literature (यात्रा वृतांत). It is also called Hindi Sevi Samman or Rahul Sankrityayan National Award and is given to number of Hindi experts for playing their important role in promoting the Hindi language..
The award was established by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan in 1989 on the name of the Rahul Sankrityayan, considered to be father of Hindi travel literature. It was first awarded in 1993 to Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan & Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi.
Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award is awarded for the development travelogue & research and analytical works in Hindi every year by the President of India.
| Year | Name | Presenter |
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| 1993 | (Late) Dr. Kamala Sankrityayan | |
| 1993 | Dr. Shyam Singh Rashi | |
| 1994 | Shankar Dalal Singh | |
| 1994 | Vishwanath Iyer | |
| 1995 | Vishnu Prabhakar | |
| 1995 | Dr. Rajendra Awasthi | |
| 1996 | Dr. Prabha Khaitan | |
| 1996 | Dr. Chandrakant Mahadev Bandiwadekar | |
| 1997 | Dr. Rameshwar Dayal Dubey | |
| 1997 | Katil Ganapati Sharma | |
| 1998 | Dr. Rajmal Bora | |
| 1998 | (Late) Dr. Nagendranath Upadhyay | |
| 1999 | (Late) Dr. Shashiprabha Shastri | |
| 1999 | Dr. Seetesh Alok | |
| 2000 | (Late) Shailesh Matiyani | |
| 2000 | Dr. V. Govind Shenay | |
| 2001 | Dr. Kamal Kishore Goenka | |
| 2001 | Dr. Viveki Rai | |
| 2002 | Dr. Ramdaras Mishra | |
| 2002 | Dr. S Takanmadi Amma | |
| 2003 | Krishnanath Mishra | |
| 2003 | Dinneshwar Prasad | |
| 2004 | Amritlal Veghad | |
| 2004 | Virendra Kumar Baranwal | |
| 2005 | Bhagwan Singh | |
| 2005 | Dr. Ramesh Chandrashah | |
| 2006 | Dr. Sadhana Saxena | |
| 2006 | Dr. Shekhar Pathak | |
| 2007 | Dr. Puran Chandra Joshi | Pratibha Patil |
| 2007 | Hariram Meena | |
| 2010[1] | Dr. Parmanand Panchaal | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Raghuveer Chaudhari | ||
| 2011[1] | Ashgar Vajahat | |
| Ved Rahi | ||
| 2014 | Dr. Parmanand Panchal |
