Correct Option: D

President Pranab Mukherjee, in July 2016, conferred the 51st Jnanpith Award on renowned Gujarati writer and litterateur Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari at a function in New Delhi. Chaudhary is the fourth Gujarati litterateur to bag this prestigious award after Uma Shankar Joshi (1967), Pannalal Patel (1985) and Rajendra Shah (2001). Note : The most recent recipient of the award is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.