SRK Early Life

Shah Rukh Khan was born to parents of Pathan origin, Taj Mohammed Khan and Lateef Fatima, and is also the grandson of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan who served in the Indian National Army of Subhash Chandra Bose. His family came to India from the Kissa Kahani Bazaar in Peshawar, before the partition of India. Khan attended St. Columbia school where he excelled in sports, drama and academics. He won the Sword of Honour, an annual award bequeathed to the student who embodies most the spirit of the school. He later attended the Hansraj College (1985-1988) to earn an Honours degree in Economics.
After this, he studied for a Masters degree in Mass Communication at Jamia Millia Islamia University.