Did You Know Dilip Kumar was a Fruit Seller in Peshawar While Starring in Films?
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Dilip Kumar had deep connection with Peshawar
July 8, 2021
PESHAWAR: Indian legend star Dilip Kumar was born on Dec 11, 1922 in the Khudadad Mohallah, on the backside of Qissa Khwani Bazaar of Peshawar in the house of Lala Ghulam Sarwar.
His father moved to Mumbai with his family in 1935 for business. Ghulam Sarwar was a fruit merchant and belonged to the Awan family of Peshawar. He studied from Anjuman-e-Hamaat-ul-Islam Madrassa in Peshawar which is now known as Government Middle School Mohalla Khudadad. Dilip Kumar first came to Peshawar in 1988 and visited his house once and kissed the soil.
During the ANP tenure, the government decided to buy Dilip Kumar s house but the decision was not implemented. However, the PTI s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government decided to turn the house of great Indian film actor Yousaf Khan into a museum in 2020 under which the value of land and house wreckage was determined.
Funeral prayer, fateha offered for Dilip Kumar in Peshawar
July 8, 2021
PESHAWAR: The people of Peshawar, like other parts of the subcontinent, received with great shock the news about the death of the cinema legend from the city, Muhammed Yusuf Khan, who was popularly known by his screen name of Dilip Kumar and passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday at the age of 98 after a protracted illness.
The fans gathered at the Feelkhana Nawab Nasir Khan in Mohallah Khudadad at the back of the Qissa Khwani next to the ancestral home of the thespian.
They offered a funeral in absentia and fateha for the cinematic legend. The fans lit candles in front of a portrait of Dilip Kumar inscribed with writings to pay him rich tributes. Among them was Fuad Ishaq, a close relative of the late star and a prominent businessman who has served as president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the past.
Yousaf Khan born on Dec 11, 1922 in Peshawar
July 8, 2021
PESHAWAR: Indian legend star Dilip Kumar was born on Dec 11, 1922 in the Khudadad Mohallah, on the backside of Qissa Khwani bazaar of Peshawar in the house of Lala Ghulam Sarwar.
His father moved to Mumbai with his family in 1935 for business. Ghulam Sarwar was a fruit merchant and belonged to the Awan family of Peshawar. He studied from Anjuman-e-Hamaat-ul-Islam Madrassa in Peshawar to primary which is now known as Government Middle School Mohalla Khudadad. Dilip Kumar first came to Peshawar in 1988 and visited his house once and kissed the soil.
During the ANP tenure, the government decided to buy Dilip Kumar’s house but the decision was not implemented. However, the PTI’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government decided to turn the house of great Indian film actor Yousaf Khan into a museum in 2020. Under which the value of land and house wreckage was determined.
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