Jnanpith Award
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The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English, with no posthumous conferral.
Citation plaque
G. Sankara Kurup was the first recipient of the award.
Image: Jagadguru Rambhadracharya
Image: Gulzar at Tera Bayaan Ghalib
Odia language
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Odia is an Indo-Aryan classical language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the official language in Odisha, where native speakers make up 82% of the population, and it is also spoken in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Odia is one of the many official languages of India; it is the official language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand.
Trilingual Signboard at Bhubaneswar Airport having text in Odia, Hindi and English
Urajam inscription in Old Odia, royal charter of Eastern Ganga dynasty (1051 CE)
A detailed chart depicting evolution of the Odia script as displayed in a museum at Ratnagiri, Odisha