In 1956 Ms. Amrita Pritam became the first woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for her long poem, 'Sunehade'. In which year she received Padma Vibhushan?

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The correct answer is 2004.

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In 1956, Pritam became the first woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for ‘Sunehade’ (Messages), and – in 1982 – she received the Bharatiya Jnanpith, one of India’s most prestigious literary awards for ‘Kagaz Te Canvas’ (The Paper and the Canvas).
She received the Padma Shri in 1969 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2004.
Amrita Pritam was a littérateur who was considered as the first significant Punjabi poet and novelist of the 20th century.
In her career spanning 60 years, she wrote around 100 books on poetry, essays, folk songs, and even an autobiography.

Important Points

Sahitya Akademi Award:
- The Sahitya Akademi Award, created in the time 1954, is a periodic erudite honour given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters.
- Every time, the Akademi subventions 24 prizes for the erudite workshop written in the languages it recognizes and an equal number of honours on erudite restatements from and into Indian languages.