Shri in the 1980s after the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Vir Bahadur Singh remarked that those speaking Urdu as a second language should be made to sit on a donkey and paraded. According to his daughter Shabana Azmi, her father replied that he had written in Urdu all his life, and if his State’s Chief Minister held such views on the language, he, as a writer, must stand up for himself. In 2000, he was conferred the first Millennium Award by the Government of Delhi and the Delhi Urdu Academy. He has also been honoured with a doctorate from Vishva Bharati University, Santiniketan. Tribute The government has also inaugurated a train named "Kaifiyat Express" which runs from his hometown Azamgarh to Old Delhi. On 14 January 2020, search engine Google commemorated Kaifi Azmi with a Doodle on his 101st birth anniversary. Google commented: "With work ranging from passionate love poems and activist verses to Bollywood songs lyrics and screenplays, Azmi has become one of the most renowned poets of the 20th century in India, and his humanitarian efforts continue to impact people's lives today." There is street also named after him Kaifi Azmi road in Hyderabad. There is also a road in R. K. Puram, New Delhi named Kaifi Azmi Marg after him. Sahitya Akademi Award 1975: Sahitya Akademi Award: Awara Sajde 2002: Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (Immortals of Literature) National Film Awards 1970: National Film Award for Best Lyrics: Saat Hindustani 1973: National Film Award for Best Story: Garam Hawa (with Ismat Chughtai) Filmfare Awards 1975: Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue: Garam Hawa 1975: Filmfare Award for Best Story: Garam Hawa (with Ismat Chughtai) 1975: Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay: Garam Hawa Select bibliography Kaifi Azmi – Fan Aur Shaqsiyat (Urdu), Mayar Publications, 2004. Kaifiyaat: Kulliyat-e-Kaifi Azmi (Urdu), Educational Publishing House, 2003. . Zehr-e-Ishq (Hindi), Vani Prakashan, 2003. Heer Ranjha (Hindi), Vani Prakshan, 2003. Steel Man was Here, Penguin, 2002. Kaifi Azmi – Selected Poems and Life Sketch, Rajpal Publishers, 2002. . Aaj Ke Prashid Shayar: Kaifi Azmi – Chuni Hui Shayari (Hindi), Rajpal & Sons, 2002. . Meri Awaz Suno (Hindi), Rajkamal Prakashan, 2002. Nai Gulistan Vol. 1 (Hindi), Rajkamal Prakashan, 2001. Nai Gulistan Vol. 2 (Hindi), Rajkamal Prakashan, 2001. Doosra Banwas (Hindi), Diamond Pocket Books Pvt. Ltd. . Awara Sajde (Hindi), Lokbharti Prakashan, 1995. Sarmaya (Urdu), Mayar Publications, 1994. Kaifi Azmi: Symbol of Resistance – Ranjit