Manoj Godara, Chandigarh, September 29: Dr M.P. Bharadwaj, former Professor and Chairman, Department of Hindi, Panjab University, Chandigarh, has been honoured with the prestigious MAHAKAVI SURDASS SAMMAN award by the Government of Haryana for his life-long contribution to Hindi literature. The award besides a citation also carries a cash-purse of Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand.