Wikipedia:India Event of the day/March 19, 2005

India event of the day

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Jnanpith for tamil writer D. Jayakanthan

Jnanpith award goes to noted tamil writer D. Jayakanthan
March 19, 2005

The Jnanpith award for 2002 was announced for Noted Tamil writer D. Jayakanthan. He is the second tamil to receive the coveted National literary award after P.V. Akilondam since the first awards in 1965. [1]