Honors and Awards
- Padma Shri, 1956
- Padma Bhushan, 1966
- Padma Vibhushan, 1976
- Order of the Smile (1977), an honour from a committee of Polish children
- D. Litt. (honoris causa) by the University of Delhi.
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Even to the very quality of my lord.
I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,
And to his honors and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)