Editing Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (section)

==Awards and honours==
=== Films ===
* 1942: [[BFJA Awards]]: Best Screenplay: ''[[Naya Sansar (1941 film)|Naya Sansar]]'' (1941)<ref>[http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/194205.htm 5th Annual BFJA Awards – Awards For The Year 1941] ''[[BFJA Awards]]'' Official website.  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430184943/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/194205.htm |date=30 April 2010 }}</ref>
* 1946: Wrote screenplay for {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Neecha Nagar]]}}, which became the only Indian film to win the {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}} (Golden Palm) at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].
* 1951: Wrote screenplay for ''[[Awaara]]'', which was nominated for the {{Lang|fr|Palme d'Or|italic=no}} at the Cannes Film Festival.
* 1956: Wrote screenplay for ''[[Jagte Raho]]'', which won the [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)|Crystal Globe]] Grand Prix at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] in 1957,<ref name="crystal">{{cite web|title=10th Karlovy Vary IFF|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/about-festival/history-past-years/1957/|publisher=Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-date=4 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104102047/http://www.kviff.com/en/about-festival/history-past-years/1957/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Certificate of Merit at the fourth [[National Film Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm4thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=4NFA.pdf |title=4th National film Awards |access-date=17 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122202225/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm4thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=4NFA.pdf |archive-date=22 November 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[1958 Cannes Film Festival]]: ''[[Pardesi (1957 film)|Pardesi]]'' nominated for {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}} (Golden Palm)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007815/awards Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – Awards – IMDb] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324131452/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007815/awards |date=24 March 2016 }} IMDb Awards</ref>
* [[8th National Film Awards|1960]]: [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Children's Film]] – ''Idd Mubarak''<ref name="8thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|title=8th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=7 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123052231/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=23 November 2016}}</ref>
* 1964: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]]: ''[[Shehar Aur Sapna]]''
* 1964: Maharashtra State Award: ''Fakira''
* 1965: International Film Festival Awards at Santa Barbara, USA: ''Hamara Ghar''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.webhost4life.com/|title=WebHost4Life – Web Hosting, Unix Hosting, E-Mail, Web Design|website=Webhost4life.com|access-date=25 April 2019|archive-date=25 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425141824/https://www.webhost4life.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1966: Jury Member: [[16th Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref name="berlinale 1966">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1966/04_jury_1966/04_Jury_1966.html |title=Berlinale 1966: Juries |access-date=22 February 2010 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023115321/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1966/04_jury_1966/04_Jury_1966.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1970: [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]] at National Film Awards: ''[[Saat Hindustani]]''
* 1972: [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]] at National Film Awards: ''[[Do Boond Pani]]''
* 1980: Gold Award for direction: ''[[The Naxalites]]''

===Literary===
Haryana State Robe of Honour for literary achievements in 1969, the Ghalib Award for his contribution to Urdu prose literature in 1983<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghalibinstitute.com/awards.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020122828/http://www.ghalibinstitute.com/awards.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2013|title=Ghalib Institute|date=20 October 2013|access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref>

Vorosky Literary Award of the Soviet Union in 1984, Urdu Akademi Delhi Special Award 1984, Maharashtra State Urdu Akademi Award in 1985 and the Soviet Award for his contribution to the cause of Indo-Soviet Friendship in 1985.