Which is the highest literary award of India?

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  1. Vyas Samman
  2. Jnanpith Award
  3. Sahitya Akademi Award
  4. Kabir

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Option 2 : Jnanpith Award
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The correct answer is Jnanpith Award

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  • The Jnanpith Award is the highest literary award in India.
  • It was instituted in 1961 and is awarded annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their outstanding contribution to literature.
  • The award is given for a writer's overall contribution to literature and is not restricted to a single work.
  • Recipients of the Jnanpith Award are chosen from writers in any of the recognized languages of India.
  • The award includes a cash prize, a citation, and a bronze replica of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning.

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  • The Vyas Samman is another prestigious literary award in India, instituted by the K.K. Birla Foundation in 1991, and it is awarded annually for an outstanding literary work in Hindi published in the last 10 years.
  • The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor 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 major Indian languages recognized by the Akademi.
  • The Kabir Samman is a literary award given by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in India for contributions to Indian literature.
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