Renowned Urdu poet from Lucknow Malikzada Manzoor Ahmad was posthumously conferred with All India Bahadur Shah Zafar Award by Language Secretary N K Sharma. The award carried with it a cash amount of Rs 1,50,000 and a shawl and memento.
Islamic scholar Abdul Haq was honoured with Pt Dattatreya Kaifi Award, which also carried with it a cash reward of Rs 1,50,000, by Sharma.
The event also saw other members of Muslim intelligentsia including Khalid Alvi, G R Syed, Tabish Mehdi, Qasim Syed, Athar Farooqui and Aslam Sabri being rewarded with a cash amount of Rs 50,000.
Founded in May 1981, Urdu Academy has been honouring Urdu scholars, writers, poets and journalists among others, for the promotion, propagation and development of Urdu language for the past 35 years.
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