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{{Infobox award
| name = Dr. George Grierson Award<br>डॉ जॉर्ज ग्रियर्सन पुरस्कार
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| subheader =Award for promotion of the [[Hindi]] Language
| awarded_for = Literary award in [[India]]
| sponsor = Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, [[Government of India]]
| firstawarded = 1994
| lastawarded = 2007
| reward =
| former name =
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder =
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 15
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = Dr. Lothar Lutze
| award3_type = Last winner
| award3_winner =
| website = {{URL|http://www.hindisansthan.org/hi/awards/drgeorge_awards.html}}
| previous =
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| location = India
}}

The '''Dr. George Grierson Award''' ([[Devnagari]]: '''डॉ जॉर्ज ग्रियर्सन पुरस्कार''') is a literary honor in India. It is conferred annually by [[Central Hindi Directorate]], (Kendriya Hindi Sansthan), [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]] on writers of outstanding works in Hindi Literature. It is also a '''Hindi Sevi Samman'''{{clarify|date=March 2015}} and is given to number of [[Hindi]] experts for playing their important role in promoting the Hindi language abroad. It is awarded by the [[President (government title)|President]] Of [[India]].

The award named after the linguist Dr. [[George Abraham Grierson]] was established by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan in 1989. The award carries Rs five lakh each, a citation and a shawl.

==Award recipients==
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! Year<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. George Grierson Award |url=http://khsindia.org/india/en/awards/award-categories/dr-george-grierson-award.html |access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref>
! Name
! Presenter
! Country
|-
| 1994
| ''Prof. Dr. [[Lothar Lutze]]''
|
|[[Germany]]
|-
| 1995
| ''Dr. Maria Ksistof Briski''
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| [[Poland]]
|-
| 1996
| ''Dr. Odolen Smékal''
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| [[Czechoslovakia]]
|-
| 1997
| ''Dr. Rupert Snell''
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| [[United Kingdom]]
|-
| 1998
| ''Shri. Abhimanyu Anat''
|
| [[Mauritius]]
|-
| 1999
| ''Pro. P.A Bashannikov''
|
| [[Russia]]
|-
| 2000
| ''Pro. [[Jin Dinghan|Jin Ding Han]]''
|
| [[China]]
|-
| 2001
| ''Shri Naresh Bhartiya''<br>''Dr. Tomiyo Mijokami
|
| [[India]]<br>[[Japan]]
|-
| 2002
| ''Dr. Maria Nejyeshi''
|
| [[Hungary]]
|-
| 2003
| ''Shri. Toshio Tanaka''
|
| [[Japan]]
|-
| 2004
| ''Dr. [[Ronald Stuart McGregor]]''
|
|
|-
| 2005
| ''Prof. Dr. [[Indra Dassanayake]]''
| President of India, H.E. [[Pratibha Patil]]
|[[Sri Lanka]]
|-
| 2006
| ''Pro. Mariola Ofredi''
|
| [[Italy]]
|-
| 2007
| ''Pro. Danuta Stashik''
|
| [[Poland]]
|-
| 2008
| ''Pro. [[Herman Van Olphen]]''
|
| [[United States]]
|-
| 2009
| ''Pro. Jeong Ho Lee''
|
| [[South Korea]]
|-
| 2010
| ''Dr Shamtof Azad''
|
| [[Uzbekistan]]
|-
| 2011
| ''Dr Wu Jo Kim''
|
| [[South Korea]]
|-
| 2012
| ''Alka Dhanpat''
| Hon’ble President of India Sri [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| [[Mauritius]]
|-
| 2013
| ''Ge Fuping''
| Hon’ble President of India Sri [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| [[China]]
|-
| 2014
| ''Shichiro Soma''
| Hon’ble President of India Sri [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| [[Japan]]
|-
| 2015
| ''Fujii Takeshi''
|
| [[Japan]]
|-
| 2015
| ''Gabriela Nik Ilieva''
|
| [[US]]
|-
| 2016
| ''Satyadev Tengar''
|
| [[Mauritius]]
|-
| 2016
| ''Ziyang Zing Khwe''
|
| [[China]]
|-
| 2018
| ''Heinz Werner Wessler''
|
| [[Germany]]
|-
| 2018
| ''Sharangupt VeerSingh''
|
| [[Sri Lanka]]

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== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{India Honours and Decorations}}
[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1994]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in India]]

Dr. George Grierson Award - Revision history

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