Awards:
Indian Accolades :
- Asian Games Gold Medal in 1962 Asian Games.
- Tournament Silver Medal in 1959 and in 1964.
- Bharat Nirman Awards for Lifetime Achievement in 2011.
Individual- Indian
- Arjuna Award in 1961.
- Padma Shri in 1990.
International Accolades :
- Awarded the FIFA Oder of Merit (Centennial), the highest by FIFA in 2004.
- Player of the Millennium by FIFA in 2005.
- He is still the only Asian footballer to have been awarded the International Fair Play award by the Olympic Committee.
- He is given the of the Indian Footballer of by IFFHS.
