Soviet Land Nehru Award Explained

The Soviet Land Nehru Award was a literary award created in 1965 in India.

The award was created to foster better relations between India and the Soviet Union. The first award recipient was the poet Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1977).

The award is named for Soviet Land magazine, which was an Indian magazine published by the Soviet government to promote socialism.^[1] TASS published the magazine.

Notable award winners

• Mother Teresa^[2]
• Kaifi Azmi^[3]
• Satyajit Ray
• Harivansh Rai Bachchan
• Firaq Gorakhpuri
• Quratulain Hyder
• Muzaffar Aazim
• Padma Sachdev

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lankina . Tomila . Lankin . Vladimir . The Russia-India relationship: A shadow of past ties? . blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia . . 18 August 2014.
2. Web site: Mother Teresa wins the Soviet Land Nehru award - UPI Archives . 2024-04-13 . UPI . en.
3. Web site: Kaifi Azmi - Urdu Poet and Lyricist: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office) . 2024-04-13 . www.loc.gov.