Complex sentence: In 2016, he was nominated for Urdu Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar for his book "Mera Apna Aasman" by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi but he refused to accept the award by saying that it was being given by a "non-autonomous" body.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2016, he was nominated for Urdu Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar for his book "Mera Apna Aasman" by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi but he refused to accept the award in protest against lack of autonomy in the Akademi. He said that it was being given by a "non-autonomous" body.