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Who is the first Indian poet to bag Sahitya Academy award for writing English poems?

  1. Jyant Mahanty

  2. Jayant Mahapatra

  3. Ramakanta Ratha

  4. Guruprasad mahanty
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Jayant Mahapatra (not Mahanty) was the first Indian poet to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award for English poetry, awarded in 1981 for his collection "Relationship." He's a renowned Odia poet who writes in both English and Odia. The other options include misspelled names (Mahanty vs Mahapatra) and other notable Odia poets but not the first English poetry Sahitya Akademi winner.

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