Awards
- 1960 – Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu
- 1968 – Padma Bhushan
- 1968 – Soviet Land Nehru Award
- 1969 – Jnanpith Award (First Jnanpith Award for Urdu literature)
- 1970 – Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
- 1981 – Ghalib Academi Award
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