The Bal Sahitya Puraskar (
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
: बाल साहित्य पुरस्कार) also known as Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar, is a literary honour in India, which the
Sahitya Akademi
The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of the Indian government. Its off ...
, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers for their contribution in the field of
Children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...
in any of the 22
languages of the 8th Schedule to the Indian constitution
, 22 languages have been classified as scheduled languages under the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India. There is no national language of India.
While the constitution was adopted in 1950, article 343 declared that Hindi would be th ...
as well as in
English and
Rajasthani language
The Rajasthani languages are a group of Western Indo-Aryan languages, primarily spoken in Rajasthan and Malwa, and adjacent areas of Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in India and South Punjab and the adjacent areas of Sindh in Pakistan. T ...
. Instituted in 2010, it comprises a cash prize of
Rs. 50,000 and an engraved copper plaque.
Lists of recipients by years
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Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2020
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Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021
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Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2022
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Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2023
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Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2024
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Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2025
Lists of recipients by languages
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Assamese
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Bengali
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Bodo
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Dogri
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for English
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Gujarati
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Hindi
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Kannada
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Kashmiri
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Konkani
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Maithili
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Malayalam
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Meitei
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Marathi
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Nepali
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Odia
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Punjabi
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Rajasthani
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Sanskrit
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Santali
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Sindhi
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar Winners for Tamil
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Telugu
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List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Urdu
See also
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Sahitya Akademi Award
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...
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List of literary awards
This list of literary awards from around the world is an index to articles about notable literary awards.
International awards
All nationalities and multiple languages eligible
* Nobel Prize in Literature – since 1901
* Hugo Award – sinc ...
References
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External links
Bal Sahitya Puraskar-Sahitya Akademi India - Official Website Bal Sahitya Puraskar
Indian literary awards
Awards established in 2010
2010 establishments in India
Sahitya Akademi