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The '''Jnanpith Award''' is an 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,{{efn|name=lang|The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India consists of twenty-two languages viz. [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Bodo language|Bodo]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], [[Kannada]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[Maithili language|Maithili]], [[Malayalam]], [[Meithei language|Manipuri]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Santali language|Santhali]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], and [[Urdu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/hindi/sites/upload_files/mhahindi/files/pdf/Eighth_Schedule.pdf|title=The Constitution of India: Eighth Schedule|accessdate=28 May 2016|format=PDF|page=1|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|deadurl=
From 1965 till 1981, the award was given to the authors for their "most outstanding work" and consisted of a citation plaque, a cash prize of {{INRConvert|1|l|year=1965}}, and a bronze replica of [[Saraswati]], the [[Hindu goddess]] of knowledge and wisdom.<ref name="JN">{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/awards/jnanpith-award|title=Jnanpith Award @ Bharatiya Jnanpith|accessdate=28 May 2016|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309070110/http://jnanpith.net/awards/jnanpith-award|archivedate=9 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/gujarati-writer-raghuveer-chaudhary-chosen-for-jnanpith-award/article8045501.ece|title=Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary chosen for Jnanpith Award|newspaper=The Hindu|date=30 December 2015|accessdate=22 May 2016|location=New Delhi|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216133705/http://www.thehindu.com/books/gujarati-writer-raghuveer-chaudhary-chosen-for-jnanpith-award/article8045501.ece|archivedate=16 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}
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