Awards and Recognitions
- 1957 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mother India
- 1958 - She was the first film actress to conferred by the Government of India with the Padma Shri title, the fourth highest civilian award.
- 1968 - National Film Award for Best Actress for Raat Aur Din.
- 1969 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raat Aur Din
- She was also nominated to the Rajya Sabha (Upper house of Indian Parliament) (1980–81), but fell ill and died during her tenure.
- The National Film Awards honored Dutt by instituting the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration upon her achievement in Bollywood.
- On 8 January 2001, Nargis Dutt was honoured with the "Best Artists of the Millennium" award by Hero Honda and film magazine Stardust along with actor Amitabh Bachan.
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