Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak

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Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (Gujarati: રણજિતરામ સુવર્ણ ચંદ્રક) was founded by Gujarat Sahitya Sabha and is considered the highest literary award in Gujarati literature. The award is named after renowned Gujarati writer Ranjitram Mehta.

[edit] Winners

• 1930 Ravishankar Raval
• 1935 Gaurishankar Joshi (Dhumketu)
• 1938 Kanu Desai
• 1939 Umashankar Joshi
• 1950 Pannalal Patel
• 1954 Jayashankar Sundari
• 1956 Rajendra Keshavlal Shah
• 1959 Ramsinhji K. Rathod
• 1964 Manubhai Pancholi
• 1969 Prof Niranjan Bhagat
• 1973 Dr. Prabodh Pandit
• 1978 Fr Carlos G. Vallés
• 1983 Dr. Suresh Dalal
• 1986 Ramesh Parekh
• 1988 Bakul Tripathi
• 1994 Dr. Dhirubhai Premshankar Thaker
• 1997 Dr. Gunvant B. Shah
• Prof Anantrai M. Raval
• Suresh Joshi
• Dhiruben Patel
• Harindra Dave