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title: "44th Matri Shree Media Awards was held in which state?"  
description: "44th Matri Shree Media Awards was held in which state?"  
author: "Shrikant Mishra"  
published: 2019-06-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62169/44th-matri-shree-media-awards-was-held-in-which-state  
category: "general knowledge"  
tags: ["general knowledge", "awards"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# 44th Matri Shree Media Awards was held in which state?

44th Matri Shree Media [Awards](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62189/who-won-sjfi-medal-in-the-sports-journalists-federation-of-india-2019-awards) was [held in which state](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39286/the-celebration-of-70-years-of-india-russia-agricultural-relations-has-held-in-which-state)?

## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

**The 44th Matri Shree Media Award ceremony was organized in ‘[New Delhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34726/what-is-the-theme-of-the-7th-edition-of-the-youth-festival-2018-in-new-delhi)’.**

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Total **29 journalists from Print and Electronic [Media](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/349/dominance-of-men-in-the-film-industry) were awarded** for their contribution towards [Journalism](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52093/who-has-won-the-acj-award-for-investigative-journalism) along with a **Social Activist has been felicitated with the Bharat Meta shield**. All the award winners have presented the **Matri Shree Bharat Mata shield along with a pen by Mr. Swadesh Bhushan Jain**, Working President of Punjab Kesari (Delhi) and Ashok Aggarwal the Chairman of the Committee. \
The **former mayor of New Delhi [Municipal Corporation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32062/which-municipal-corporation-was-set-up-first-in-india) Mr. Adesh Gupta was also honored with the Matri Shree Media Award for his immense contribution in Social Services**. As well as the **Hindi [Bollywood](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49724/who-is-known-as-king-of-melody-in-bollywood) film 'Badhai Ho' starring Ayushman Khurrana, veteran actor Neena Gupta and others was also presented the Bharat Mata shield for narrating the different concept in a very light manner.** \
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**The award was started 43 years ago, during the [Emergency Period](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32059/in-which-year-the-state-of-emergency-in-india-was-deeclared) in India in a view to honor the fighting spirit of the journalists**. The **first Matri Shree Award was given to the Martyr Journalist Lala Jagat Narayan**, and the award was presented by the senior [political leader](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/30463/india-s-politicians-since-independence) of Delhi Vijay Kumar Malhotra. \
The Matri Shri Bharat Mata Shield was presented to the [journalists](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30954/where-is-the-headquarters-of-the-international-consortium-of-investigative-journalists-icij) in 2019 among them few are Durga Prasad Mishra from PTI the Photo Journalist, Kunal Kashyap from Punjab Kesari, Jitender Kumar from Univarta, Namita from PTI Bhasha, Agraj Pratap Singh from UNI, Poonam Gaur from Navbharat Times, Sandeep Ashwario the Chief Cartoonist from Times of India, and Ravi Bhushan Dwivedi from Sandhya Times.


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