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{{Short description|Literary award}}
'''Indu Sharma International Katha Samman''' is a literary award given by the [[Indu Sharma Memorial Trust]]. [[Chitra Mudgal]] received the first Katha Samman. The award was instituted in memory of poet and short story writer [[Indu Sharma]].<ref name="jha2011">{{Cite news |date=2011-04-11 |title=Indian wins Indu Sharma Katha Samman |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Indian-wins-Indu-Sharma-Katha-Samman/article14679665.ece |access-date=2024-10-17 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She died of cancer in 1995.

== Awardees ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Recipient !! Work !! Ref.
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| 2000 || [[Chitra Mudgal]] || Novel Aawaan || <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chitramudgal.info/2008/07/download-cv.html |title=Chitra Mudgal's CV |access-date=2016-04-23 |archive-date=2018-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081824/http://www.chitramudgal.info/2008/07/download-cv.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
|-
| 2001 || Sanjiv || Jungle Jahan Shuru Hota hai || <ref name="maji" />
|-
| 2002 || [[Gyan Chaturvedi]] || ||
|-
| 2003 || [[S.R. Harnot]]||Darosh aur Anya Kahanian || <ref>{{cite web |title=Hindi Sewa Samman award for Himachal writer SR Harnot |url=http://www.himachallive.com/hindi-sewa-samman-award-for-himachal-writer-sr-harnot.html |publisher=Himachal Live |date=17 July 2010 |accessdate=23 April 2016 |archive-date=9 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509085348/http://www.himachallive.com/hindi-sewa-samman-award-for-himachal-writer-sr-harnot.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Himachal writer selected for Katha award |url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/himachal-writer-selected-for-katha-award_96123.html |publisher = Zee News |date = 5 May 2003 |accessdate = 23 April 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 2004 || [[Vibhuti Narain Rai]] || Tabaadala ||
|-
| 2005 || Pramod Kumar Tiwari || Darr Hamari Jebon Mein ||
|-
| 2006 || [[Asghar Wajahat]] || Kaisee Aaagi Lagaai ||
|-
| 2007 || Mahua Maji || Main Borishailla || <ref name="maji">{{cite web|title= Mahua Maji, Gautam Sachdev to receive Katha Awards |url = http://www.oneindia.com/2007/05/20/mahua-maji-gautam-sachdev-to-receive-katha-awards-1179644700.html |work= OneIndia |date = 20 May 2007 |accessdate= 23 April 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || Nasera Sharma || Kuiyaanjaan || <ref>{{cite web|title=Indian writers honoured in London |url =http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bookworm/indian-writers-honoured-in-london_4817.html |publisher = Zee News |date = 20 May 2007 |accessdate= 23 April 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 2009 || Bhagwan Das Morwal || Ret ||
|-
| 2010 || Hrishikesh Sulabh || Vasant ke Hatyare ||
|-
| 2011 || Vikas Kumar Jha || McCluskieganj || <ref>{{cite web |title= 17th Katha (U.K.) awards '11 |publisher= The Sunday Indian |date= 20 May 2007 |accessdate= 23 April 2016 |url= http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/17th-katha-uk-awards-%2711/5/13972/ |archive-date= 12 May 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160512173505/http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/17th-katha-uk-awards-%2711/5/13972/ |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="jha2011" />
|-
| 2012 || Pradeep Saurabh || Teesri Tali ||
|-
|2013
|Pankaj Subir
|Mahua Ghatvarin
|-
|2014
|Sundar Chandra Thakur
|Patthar Par Doob
|-
|2015
|Alka Sarawagi
|Jankidas Tejpal Manson
|-
|2016
|Vivek Mishra
|Dominik Ki Wapasi
|-
|2017
|Gyanprakash Vivek
|Dari Hui Ladki
|-
|2018
|Sudhakar Adeeb
|Katha Virat
|-
|2019
|Manish Kulshreshtha
|Mallika
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://tejinder007.tripod.com/ Official page]

[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2000]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Fiction awards]]

Indu Sharma Katha Samman - Revision history

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