 In 1917, he was granted the titles of Rai Bahadur and Raja by King George V. In 1918, he was made Deputy Minister (Kashag officer of the fourth rank) by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet.Topgay was further created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) on June 8, 1944.Topgay Dorji died suddenly at Bhutan House in September 1953, without having been ill in any way.