He was conferred with the Pride of Performance award for his literary services by the Government of Pakistan in 1963.
[1][2][3][4] In 1930 after completing his education, Dehlvi started the monthly Saqi (ur),[2][a] a literary magazine.
[5] Dehlvi's articles in the monthly Saqi portrayed the vanishing culture of Delhi.
He believed that the old Delhi, which was considered a symbol of Indo-Muslim culture, was ruined because of the bloodshed of Independence.
[1] Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi died on 27 May 1967 in Karachi and was buried in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal cemetery.