- His 1962 oil painting, "Confidant," was sold in 2008 for $2 million dollars.
- He was awarded the Dayawati Modi Foundation for Art, Culture, and Education in 2005.
- He was awarded the Prix Nationale at the International Festival of Painting in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France in 1974.
- He was awarded the gold medal for painting at the first Triennial in New Delhi, India in 1968.
- Father of son, Yusuf, and daughter, Himani.
- He lived in London, England (1959-1964) and worked in a morgue to support himself.
- He was a member of the Progressive Artists Group in post-colonial India.
- His 1997 painting, "Mahisasura," sold at Christie's New York for $1.58 million dollars in 2005.
- He went to New York City in 1968 on the Rockefeller Fellowship.
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