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heyOn 3 October, 23-year-old Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, was arrested by India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) along with seven others on charges of consumption, sale and purchase of narcotic drugs. luxury cruise liner.
The matter gripped India and became a hot topic in Pakistan as well, where people talked about it and the media made headlines.
many have Claimed That Aryan’s detention by the NCB was a politically motivated move as the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government wants to control unbridled mines and Aryan somehow provided an opportunity to do so.
This was the second time that Shah Rukh Khan’s family caught the attention of lakhs of people due to the court case. Aryan may be a villain in the eyes of many for shaming his family, but his great grandfather Will always be remembered as a hero.
Shah Nawaz Khan, son of Kahuta of Pakistan, was the maternal grandfather of Shahrukh Khan. Born in Mator, a village near Kahuta, Shah Nawaz Khan first served as an officer in the army of British India and later rebelled against it and joined the revolutionary army of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as a general. Bose was there to mobilize forces to fight against the British forces in Southeast Asian countries to free India from colonial rule.
While serving in the British Army, Shah Nawaz was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore in 1942. A prisoner of war, he was influenced by Bose’s speeches and revolted against the British.
After the defeat of the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) by the Allies (UK, France and Poland) in World War II, Shah Nawaz became a prisoner of the British Army and was brought to India along with other members of Bose’s army. .
He was tried, along with General Prem Sehgal and Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, for “waging war against the King-Emperor” at a public court-martial at Delhi’s Red Fort. He was sentenced to death by the court, but that sentence was reduced to cashiering by the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army under pressure from the leaders of United India.
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Shah Nawaz later joined the Indian National Congress and began a political struggle to free India from the British Raj. It was said that thousands of people welcomed him at the historic Minto Park (now Greater Iqbal Park) during his visit to Lahore in December 1945 with Sehgal and Dhillon after being acquitted of the sedition case.
Born and raised in Lahore, historian Reginald Massey as outlined in his book freedom that the famous park was resonating with the slogan ‘Challis Crore-On’s Voice – Sehgal, Dhillon and Shah Nawaz’ (Forty crore people – then the population of united India – shout in unison, Sehgal, Dhillon and Shah Nawaz).
Shah Nawaz adopted Shahrukh Khan’s mother Lateef Fatima Khan. Fatima married Mir Taj Muhammad Khan, a prominent activist of Bachha Khan Khudai Khidmatgar Movement, Also known as the Red Shirt Movement, was a Pashtun resistance group against British rule.
Shah Nawaz opted to stay in India with his wife and two sons after the partition and left his son and two daughters in Motor. He served as the Deputy Minister of the Indian Railways and a prominent leader of the Indian National Congress in later years.
Prolific writer Muhammad Hassan Miraji Having said That Shahrukh Khan used to go to a motorbike in his childhood. The residents of Mator certainly wish Aryan all the best and want to see him as a hero, not a villain, in the future.
in today’s context @dawn_com The op-ed under the title “Dawn Ke Past Pages Se” is about the famous treason trial of Shah Nawaz along with General Prem Sehgal and Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon.
I hope @iamsrk The son and daughter knew all this. @ abbasz55 @reham khan1 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Ivkxgz0Fxh— iftikhar alam (@imiftikharalam) December 18, 2020
Iftikhar Alam is a correspondent writing on religion, politics, agriculture and energy. He tweeted @imiftikharalam. Thoughts are personal.
this article was first published by Minute Mirror.
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