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Ashok Kumar Sinha

The Ledger · Recognitions

Awards,quietly noted.

A ledger, not a trophy wall. Every honour here was given for something specific — a book, a building, a body of criticism. The plaques below are the state’s receipts; the stories behind them belong to the work itself.

Honours
12
Decades
2+
Institutions
09

II · The Register

Every honour, in date order

  1. № 012024

    Nayi Dhaara Sahitya Puraskar

    For lifetime contribution to Hindi literature — conferred by Nayi Dhaara, Patna.

    The moment
    The citation
  2. № 022019–20

    Bihar Kala Puraskar & Dinkar Kala Lekhan Samman

    Conferred together by the Department of Art, Culture & Youth, Government of Bihar — the Kala Puraskar for contribution to the arts, the Kala Lekhan Samman for writing on them.

    The moment
    The citation
  3. № 032019

    Rashtriya Swasti Samman

    Kalavart Nyas, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

    The moment
    The citation
  4. № 042019

    Gold Medal, 39th India International Trade Fair

    Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

    The moment
    The citation
  5. № 052018

    Gold Medal, 38th India International Trade Fair

    Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

    The moment
    The citation
  6. № 062014–15

    Rajbhasha Samman

    Government of Bihar.

    The moment
    The citation
  7. № 072014–15

    Vikramshila Hindi Vidyapeeth Samman

    For distinguished service to Hindi letters.

    The moment
    The citation
  8. № 082014

    Gold Medal, 34th India International Trade Fair

    Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

    The moment
    The citation
  9. № 09From the archive

    Shikhar Sahitya Samman

    Bhartiya Sahityakar Sansad, Samastipur, Bihar.

    The moment
    The citation
  10. № 10From the archive

    Viyogi Sahitya Parishad Samman

    Viyogi Sahitya Parishad, Gaya, Bihar.

    The moment
    The citation
  11. № 11From the archive

    Central Bihar Chamber of Commerce Samman

    Gaya, Bihar — for sustained service to the handmade economy.

    The moment
  12. № 12From the archive

    Grameen Sneh Foundation Samman

    For contribution to rural and traditional craft livelihoods.

    The moment
    The citation

III · From the Archive

Further moments

Citations and ceremony photographs preserved without their original captions — the paperwork of a life that kept moving faster than its own file cabinet.