He is father of former Indian Team captain and Dhyan Chand Award winner Ram Kumar.
In 1964 Khushi Ram was selected in the Indian National Basketball Team for the 4th Quardrangular tournament in Colombo.
In a match played between India and Philippines, India faced a defeat by a big margin but Khushi Ram solely netted 40 points out of 63 points scored by the Indian team, his basket conversion percentage was 85% in all major international tournaments.
The best centre player of the meet At the end of the invitational tournament in Manila, former legend of Philippines Basketball Lauro Mumar who insisted Khushi Ram to leave India and play for Philippines said, "Khushi Ram has defined how Basketball is played, just unstoppable never saw a player of such a calibre and kind of mental and physical toughness he has in the entire Asia .
Khushi Ram is the only Basketball player from India to be honoured by these 3 prestigious trophies in his days of stardom.
Americans are known for their wonderful athletic capabilities as compared to Indian athletes because of which they were comfortably winning matches against India but the strong and speedy Americans were unable to stop Khushi Ram from scoring baskets at pivot point .
As reported by a newspaper reporter ((Khushi Ram is an outstanding player, Americans had a tough time while defending him and were unable to figure out on how to stop him from scoring, what a remarkable game sense he has, it's amazing to watch him in action)) "Khushi Ram might have not helped with too many assists but he fed hell into rivals and was easily Asia's best pivot at that time."
Many newspapers and magazines in country published articles on him named The Magician of Basketball as he became the best ranked player of Asia.
He smiles and says Basketball is my bread and butter , whatever I am today it's just because of this game , I love training kids and will continue to do it till my last breath .
He died on 29 December 2013 when he felt chest pain while giving away the prizes in a local function at his home town.