Early
life and background
Khan was born on 2 November 1965 to
Muslim parents in New Delhi, India. His father, Taj Mohammed Khan, a Pathan,
was an Indian independence activist from Peshawar, British India. According to
Khan, his paternal grandfather was originally from Afghanistan. His mother,
Lateef Fatima, was the adopted daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the
Janjua Rajput clan, who served in the Indian National Army. Khan's father came
to New Delhi from Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar before the partition of
India,Regarding his origins, he described himself on Twitter as "half
hyderabadi (mom) half Pathan (Dad) some kashmiri (grandmom)" His father
died from cancer when Khan was 15 years old, and his mother died in 1990 after
prolonged illness.
Khan was very attached to his
parents as a child and describes their early deaths as a turning point in his
life and as his biggest motivation for hard work. He explained that his
ideology in life is "... to make movies so damn bloody big...that my
parents somewhere sit down on a star and from there also can look at their son
and say 'I can see his movies from here better than I can see the Wall of China
or anything. We see his movies covering the face of this earth'." Khan has
an elder sister named Shehnaz.
Growing up in Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood of Delhi,Khan
attended St. Columba's School where he was accomplished in sports, drama, and
academics. He won the Sword of Honour, an annual award given to the
student who best represents the spirit of the school. Khan later attended the
Hansraj College (1985–1988) and earned his Bachelors degree in Economics. When
Hansraj College celebrated its 50th anniversary, it gave away 17 shields to its
alumni who had excelled in their lives and professions. Khan was one of them.
Though he pursued a Masters Degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia
Islamia, he later opted out to pursue a career in Bollywood. He also attended
the National School of Drama in Delhi.
After
the death of his mother, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991. He married Gauri
Chibber, a Hindu, in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991.
They have two children, son Aryan (b. 1997) and daughter Suhana (b. 2000).
According to Khan, while he strongly believes in Islam, he also values his
wife's religion. At home, his children follow both religions, with the Qur'an
being situated next to the Hindu deities.
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