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title: "(She won the Sahitya Akademi award (1979), the Padma Shree (1986), the Jnanpith (1997), the Magsaysay award (1997) and the Deshikottam award in 1999.)"  
description: "(She won the Sahitya Akademi award (1979), the Padma Shree (1986), the Jnanpith (1997), the Magsaysay award (1997) and the Deshikottam award in 1999.)"  
author: "Bhavin Singh"  
published: 2018-03-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38202/she-won-the-sahitya-akademi-award-1979-the-padma-shree-1986-the-jnanpith-1997-the-magsaysay-award-1997-and-the-deshikottam-award-in-1999  
category: "general knowledge"  
tags: ["general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# (She won the Sahitya Akademi award (1979), the Padma Shree (1986), the Jnanpith (1997), the Magsaysay award (1997) and the Deshikottam award in 1999.)

(She [won the Sahitya](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32192/who-won-the-sahitya-academy-award-2017-in-english-literature) [Akademi award](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39293/who-has-bagged-the-2017-sahitya-akademi-award-for-kannada-language) (1979), the Padma Shree (1986), the Jnanpith (1997), the [Magsaysay award](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38198/name-the-indian-musician-who-won-ramon-magsaysay-award-2016-on-26-july-2016-for-ensuring-social-inclusiveness-in-culture) (1997) and the Deshikottam award in 1999.)


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