Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak
{{Infobox award
| name = Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak
| subheader = Ranjitram Gold Medal
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| caption =
| awarded_for = Contributions in the field of Gujarati literature and culture
| presenter = Gujarat Sahitya Sabha
|holder = Kumarpal Desai
| country =India
| location =Ahmedabad
| year = 1928
| year2 = 2015
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Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, also known as the Ranjitram Gold Medal, was founded by Gujarat Sahitya Sabha and is considered the highest literary award in Gujarati literature. The award is named after renowned Gujarati writer Ranjitram Mehta. It is awarded since 1928.
Recipients
- 1928 Jhaverchand Meghani
- 1929 Gijubhai Badheka
- 1930 Ravishankar Raval
- 1931 Vijayray Vaidya
- 1932 Ramanlal Desai
- 1933 Ratnamanirao Jote
- 1934 Tribhuvandas Luhar 'Sundram'
- 1935 Vishwanath Bhatt
- 1936 Chandravadan Mehta
- 1937 Chunilal Shah
- 1938 Kanu Desai
- 1939 Umashankar Joshi{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-poet-umashankar-joshi-remembered-1473880|publisher=DNA|date=2010-11-29|access-date=2013-12-01|title=Poet Umashankar Joshi remembered|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203031619/http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-poet-umashankar-joshi-remembered-1473880|url-status=live}}
- 1940 Dhansukhlal Mehta
- 1941 Jyotindra Dave
- 1942 Rasiklal Parikh
- 1943 Omkarnath Thakur
- 1944 Vishnuprasad Trivedi
- 1945 Gunvantrai Acharya
- 1946 Dolarrai Mankad
- 1947 Harinarayan Aacharya
- 1948 Bachubhai Ravat
- 1949 Somalal Shah
- 1950 Pannalal Patel
- 1951 Jaishankar Bhojak 'Sundari'
- 1952 Keshavram Kashiram Shastri
- 1953 Bhogilal Sandesara
- 1954 Chandulal Patel
- 1955 Anantrai Raval
- 1956 Rajendra Shah
- 1957 Chunilal Madia
- 1958 Krishnalal Shridharani
- 1959 Jayanti Dalal
- 1960 Hariprasad Shastri
- 1961 Ishwar Petlikar
- 1962 Ramsinhji Rathod
- 1963 Harivallabh Bhayani
- 1964 Manubhai Pancholi
- 1965 Bapalal Vaidya
- 1966 Hasmukh Sankaliya
- 1967 Jhinabhai Desai 'Snehrashmi'
- 1968 Manjulal Majmudar
- 1969 Niranjan Bhagat
- 1970 Shivkumar Joshi
- 1971 Suresh Joshi
- 1972 Natvarlal Pandya 'Ushnas'
- 1973 Prabodh Pandit
- 1974 Hiraben Pathak
- 1975 Raghuveer Chaudhari
- 1976 Jayant Pathak
- 1977 Jashwant Thaker
- 1978 Father Carlos G. Vallés
- 1979 Makarand Dave{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JObSbMwe3aUC&q=ranjitram+suvarna+chandrak&pg=PA84|page=84|title=Modern Gujarati Poetry: A Selection|first=Suguna Ramanathan|last=Rita Kothari|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=1998|isbn=9788126002948|access-date=2020-10-18|archive-date=2021-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013173929/https://books.google.com/books?id=JObSbMwe3aUC&q=ranjitram+suvarna+chandrak&pg=PA84|url-status=live}}
- 1980 Dhiruben Patel
- 1981 Labhshankar Thakar
- 1982 Harindra Dave
- 1983 Suresh Dalal
- 1984 Bhagwatikumar Sharma
- 1985 Chandrakant Sheth
- 1986 Ramesh Parekh
- 1987 Sitanshu Yashaschandra
- 1988 Bakul Tripathi
- 1989 Vinod Bhatt
- 1990 Nagindas Parekh
- 1991 Ramanlal Nagarji Mehta
- 1992 Yashwant Shukla
- 1993 Amrut 'Ghayal'
- 1994 Dhirubhai Thaker
- 1995 Bholabhai Patel{{cite news|title=Gujarati litterateur Bholabhai Patel dies|date=21 May 2012|place=Ahmedabad|work=Daily News and Analysis|access-date=June 16, 2014|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-gujarati-litterateur-bholabhai-patel-dies-1691747|archive-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308032757/http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-gujarati-litterateur-bholabhai-patel-dies-1691747|url-status=live}}
- 1996 Ramanlal Soni
- 1997 Gunvant Shah
- 1998 Gulabdas Broker
- 1999 Madhu Rye
- 2000 C. N. Patel{{cite web | last=John | first=Paul | title=CN Patel, the man who had the privilege to peep into Bapu's inbox, remembered today | website=The Times of India | date=30 January 2019 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cn-patel-the-man-who-had-the-privilege-to-peep-into-bapus-inbox-remembered-today/articleshow/67758181.cms | access-date=26 July 2021 | archive-date=17 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717210720/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cn-patel-the-man-who-had-the-privilege-to-peep-into-bapus-inbox-remembered-today/articleshow/67758181.cms | url-status=live }}
- 2001 Narayan Desai
- 2002 Chandrakant Topiwala
- 2003 Madhusudan Parekh
- 2004 Radheshyam Sharma
- 2005 Varsha Adalja
- 2006 Rajendra Shukla
- 2007 Mohammad Mankad
- 2008 Dhiru Parikh
- 2009 Chimanlal Trivedi
- 2010 Madhusudan Dhaky{{cite news|title=Dhanki Saheb gets Gujarat literature's top award|newspaper=DNA India|date=20 November 2011|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-dhanki-saheb-gets-gujarat-literature-s-top-award-1615118|access-date=26 July 2021|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726102635/https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-dhanki-saheb-gets-gujarat-literature-s-top-award-1615118|url-status=live}}
- 2011 Dhirendra Mehta
- 2012 Sunil Kothari{{cite news | title=સુનિલ કોઠારીને રણજિતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક એનાયત કરાશે (Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak will be awarded to Sunil Kothari) | publisher=m.divyabhaskar.co.in | date=30 August 2014 | url=http://m.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/Ahmedabad-City/1041/MGUJ-AHM-ranjitram-suvarna-chandrak-will-be-awarded-sunil-kothhari-4728408-NOR.html | language=gu | access-date=4 January 2015 | archive-date=4 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104133356/http://m.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/Ahmedabad-City/1041/MGUJ-AHM-ranjitram-suvarna-chandrak-will-be-awarded-sunil-kothhari-4728408-NOR.html | url-status=live }}
- 2013 Nalin Raval{{cite web | title=નલિન રાવળને રણજિતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક | website=m.divyabhaskar.co.in | date=2015-04-26 | url=http://m.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/Ahmedabad-City/1041/MGUJ-AHM-MAT-latest-ahmedabad-news-023504-1763215-NOR.html | language=gu | access-date=2015-05-02}}{{cite web | title=નલિન રાવળને રણજીતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક એનાયત થયો | website=Navgujaratsamay | date=2015-04-24 | url=http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-other-news/Ranjitram-golden-award-to-nalin-raval/articleshow/47043822.cms | language=gu | access-date=2015-05-02 | archive-date=2017-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082104/http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-other-news/Ranjitram-golden-award-to-nalin-raval/articleshow/47043822.cms | url-status=live }}
- 2014 Pravin Darji
- 2015 Kumarpal Desai{{cite web | title=Kumarpal Desai conferred Ranjitram Suvarnachandrak - Times of India | website=The Times of India | date=2017-01-09 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/kumarpal-desai-conferred-ranjitram-suvarnachandrak/articleshow/56396557.cms | access-date=2017-02-09 | archive-date=2017-02-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212043742/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/kumarpal-desai-conferred-ranjitram-suvarnachandrak/articleshow/56396557.cms | url-status=live }}
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