the Arjuna award from Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the President of India. In the 1964 Olympic final against Pakistan, Pakistan's Chef-de-mission Major General Musa said, Give us Joginder and Shankar Lakshman, we will defeat you. It was the ultimate tribute to Shankar. In 1967 he was presented with the prestigious Padma Shri award by the President of India Zakir Husain. Garrison ground of Mhow has been dedicated to Lakshman, the Infantry School has named it as Honorary Captain Shankar Lakshman Stadium. In 1979 Laxman retired as an Honorary Captain in the Maratha Light Infantry. During the 1964 Hockey Olympics finals against Pakistan in Tokyo, an Australian Hockey magazine Hockey Circle quoted "'for Lakshman, the ball was the size of a football. It was his afternoon of glory and fame.'''" In 2016, he was posthumously awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award. In popular culture Shankar's name was mentioned in the closing credits of the movie Paan Singh Tomar''. It was mentioned in the movie that Lakshman was a four-time Olympic gold medallist, however, this is factually inaccurate, as he was only a two-time Olympic gold medallist. References External links A tribute to Shankar Laxman 1933 births 2006 deaths People from Mhow Field hockey players from Madhya Pradesh Olympic field hockey players of India Olympic gold medalists for India Olympic silver medalists for India Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Indian male field hockey players Recipients of the Arjuna Award Olympic medalists in field hockey Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1958 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1962 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games