Honours
Habibullah was awarded the title Khan Bahadur by the Government of India in 1905. He was made a Companion of the Indian Empire in 1920 and a Knights Bachelor in 1922. In 1924, he was made a Knight Commander of the Star of India. In the same year, his CIE was upgraded to a KCIE. In 1935 Maharajah Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma conferred the title of Nawab upon Muhammad Habibullah.
Habibullah Road in T. Nagar, Chennai is named after Sir Muhammad Habibullah.
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“Vain men delight in telling what Honours have been done them, what great Company they have kept, and the like; by which they plainly confess, that these Honours were more than their Due, and such as their Friends would not believe if they had not been told: Whereas a Man truly proud, thinks the greatest Honours below his Merit, and consequently scorns to boast. I therefore deliver it as a Maxim that whoever desires the Character of a proud Man, ought to conceal his Vanity.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
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