| Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu | |
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| Award for contributions to Urdu literature | |
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| Awarded for | Literary award in India |
| Sponsored by | Sahitya Akademi, Government of India |
| Reward(s) | ₹1 lakh (US$1,200) |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 63 |
| First winner | Zafar Hussain Khan |
| Most Recent winner | Sadiqua Nawab Saher |
| Website | Official website |
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Sahitya Akademi Award is an annual literary honour, given since 1955, by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), to writers and their works, for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian literature. Urdu is one of 24 languages in which the award is given.[1][2]
- ^ Urdu Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Archived 2009-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website.
- ^ "Akademi Awards (1955-2015)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.