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5103.
Chandrashekhara Kambara elected as new president of ____________.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Kannada litterateur Chandrashekar Kambar elected as president of the Sahitya Akademi in the election held for the post. He replaced Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari. Hindi poet Madhav Koushik has been elected as vice-president. This is the second time election was held in the history of Sahitya Akademi, after Ananthamurthy's election to the post. Prof. Kambar has served as the member of the Akademi executive board for over 10 years and was vice-president for 2013-18.
Discussion:
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Ajaykumar said:
8 years ago
No, this is a third time a Kannada writer holding the chairmanship. Prior to him, there were 2 more Kannadigas has served. As you said, U.R. Anantha murthy and the very firstly V. K. Gokak. These three are Gyanpit awardees.
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