Happy Birthday SRK - Some unheard Facts about the King of Bollywood


Mohit Patil



1] SRK is the grandson of a freedom fighter Gen.Shah Nawaz Khan who was the major general of Indian National Army under Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.


2] Only Indian to have a Statue in Grevin Museum, after Gandhiji.


3]  A rare species of orchid, Ascocenda Shah Rukh Khan, was named after him in Singapore. Also a creator in Moon was named after ShahRukh khan by NASA.


4] Only Indian after Amitabh to be crowned by Moroccan king.


5]  In 2010 he was invited to ring the opening bell of NASDAQ stock exchange, USA (world's biggest stock exchange) in New York.

6] Only Actor along with Dilip Kumar to win most no of Filmfare Awards


7] He currently holds record of Longest running movie of Indian Cinema I.e, DDLJ


8] Government of France awarded him both the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Légion d'honneur - The greatest honour of France like Bharat Ratna in India.


9] Recently He became 2nd Indian who got awarded with an honorary doctorate bythe University of Edinburgh after DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM


10] He was awarded Best Indian Citizen Award in 1997 by the government of India


11]  In 2007 – His lifelike wax statue was installed in London's Madame Tussauds wax museum. Due to high demand Additional versions were installed at Madame Tussauds museums in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and New York in 2010.


12] He was also invited to Harvard University for giving a lecture to its students. He is also world’s "first" actor to be invited at Google and Twitter headquarters.

13] He donated all the prize money KKR won in2014, 15 cr rupees to the childrens hospital in Kolkata and Mumbai.


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