Claim: Indian poet, literateur and socialist, Nand Chaturvedi, was a recipient of the 1996 Bihari Puraskar of KK Birla Foundation, whose mission is to promote literature and the arts as well as education and social work.
Evidence: Indian poet, literateur, socialist He was a recipient of Bihari Puraskar of KK Birla Foundation in 1996 for Yeh Samai mamuli nahin. Its mission is to promote literature (especially Hindi literature) and the arts, as well as education and social work.