Awards
- Padma Bhushan, 2004.
- Padma Shri, 1991.
- Professor Emeritus, Delhi University, 2005-.
- Mazzini Gold Medal by the Government of Italy, 2005.
- Ghalib Award, 1985.
- U.P. Urdu Academy Maulana Azad Award, 1972.
- Amir Khusrau Award from AKSA, Chicago, 1987.
- Canadian Academy of Urdu Language & Lit. Award, 1987.
- Sahitya Akademi Award, 1995 for Sakhtiyaat Pas-Sakhiyaat aur Mashriqi Shriyaat (criticism)
- Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellowship, IGNCA, 2002-2004.
- European Urdu Writers Society Award, London, 2005.
- Alami Farogh-e Urdu Adab Award, Doha-Qatar, 1998.
- D.Litt. Honoris Causa by Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 2009.
- D.Litt. Honoris Causa by Central University, Hyderabad, 2007.
- D.Litt. Honoris Causa by Maulana National Urdu University, Hyderabad, 2008.
- Bahadur Shah Zafar Award, Urdu Academy, Delhi 2010.
- Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award, Kolkata, 2010.
- Iqbal Samman, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, 2011.
- Bharatiya Jnanpith Moortidevi Award, New Delhi, 2012.
- Recipient of Ford Foundation Grant, 1964.
- Commonwealth Fellowship 1962.
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