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Honours |
1929
Mar 16 |
First recipient
of
Ranjitram
Suvarnachandrak
(Gold Medal)
for the year
1928
awarded in recognition of his researches in, and contribution
to,
Gujarati
Folklore |
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Medal award to
Kavi Rajendra Shukla
in 2006 |
humble acceptance |
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1931
Aug 29 |
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Mahatma Gandhi
spontaneously gave the title of
Raashtreeya Shaayar
(National
Poet) |
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Mahatma
Gandhi
(1869-1948) |
 |
2nd Round Table Conference
at
England
(September, 1931) |
The poem, addressed to `Bapu'
as he was sailng for England to attend the
Second
Round Table Conference,
was composed during the last hour and was rushed and delivered to Gandhiji at the
last moment.
When Gandhiji later read it he observed : "The
poet, it seems, has entered my heart and mind and read my thoughts" |
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1941
Mar 12 |
Presented at
Santiniketan
a Maan-Patra
(citation)
in recognition of his researches in, and contribution
to, Gujarati
Folklore |
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Cheena Bhavana
where he was
honoured |
Kavivar
Rabindranath
Tagore
(1861-1941) |
with the Youth at Santiniketan |
Invited by
Kavivar
Rabindranath Tagore himself, he visited
Santiniketan in
March, 1941
Presented with a
Maan-Patra
(citation),
which he said, was more a
Prem-Patra.
Delivered
four lectures
on
Gujarati
Folklore
which held
the august audience spell-bound throughout. |
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1946
Dec 29 |
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