Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary hounoured with 51st Jnanpith Award

Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary hounoured with 51st Jnanpith award for his contribution to Indian literature.
Other achievements of Raghuveer Chaudhary
- recipient of Sahitya Academi Award for his novel, "Trilogy Uparvaas" in 1977.
- authored more than 80 books and received numerous literary awards for his significant contributions in Gujarati. 
About Jnanpith Award 
- It is given every year for the best creative writing by an Indian citizen in any of the languages included in Schedule VIII of the Indian constitution.
- The award is sponsered by Bhartiya Jnanpith,a literary and cultural organisation set up in 1944.
- It was instituted in 1961.