Type Civilian Instituted 1944 Last awarded 2014 | Category Literature First awarded 1944 | |
Description Literary honor in Gujarat, India | ||
Kumar Suvarana Chandrak or Kumar Gold Medal is a literary award given by Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad, India since 1944. The medal is annually conferred to Gujarati author for his contribution in Kumar magazine published by Kumar Trust. In the year 1950, Chandravadan Mehta refused to accept Kumar Chandrak.
History
Medal was established in 1944, by Yashavant Pandya, an author contributing to Kumar. Initially Gujarati authors Balwantray Thakore, Vishnuprasad R. Trivedi and Sundaram had served in a committee for selection of awardee. Subsequently Ramnarayan V. Pathak and Anantrai Raval served on the committee. From 1983 to 2002, there is no expressed declaration of this medal, but from 2003 it have been started again. It was known as Kumar Chandrak (Kumar Medal) formerly but was renamed Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (Kumar Gold Medal) in 2003.