The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Hindi Sevi Samman Awards for the year 2015 today (May 30, 2017) at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of Shri Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Human Resource Development and other dignitaries.

These Awards were instituted by Central Hindi Institute, Agra in 1989.  The scholars received awards in 12 different categories for their contribution in the field of Hindi language and literature.

Background note and list of awardees is attached.

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