The Kumar Suvarana Chandrak, also known as the Kumar Gold Medal, is a literary award given by Kumar Trust in Ahmedabad, India, since 1944. The medal is given every year to a Gujarati author for their work in the Kumar magazine published by Kumar Trust. In 1950, Chandravadan Mehta refused to accept the Kumar Chandrak.

History

The medal was created in 1944 by Yashwant Pandya, an author who worked on Kumar. At first, three Gujarati authors—Balwantray Thakore, Vishnuprasad Trivedi, and Sundaram—were part of a committee to choose the recipient. Later, Ramnarayan V. Pathak and Anantrai Raval joined the committee. Between 1983 and 2002, there was no official announcement about the medal. However, it was revived in 2003. In that year, the medal was renamed from Kumar Chandrak (Kumar Medal) to Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (Kumar Gold Medal).