{"id":106135,"date":"2021-10-29T15:29:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T09:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=106135"},"modified":"2021-10-29T15:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T09:59:34","slug":"was-shahrukh-khans-father-a-freedom-fighter-or-not-fact-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/was-shahrukh-khans-father-a-freedom-fighter-or-not-fact-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Shah Rukh Khan&#8217;s father was not six during Quit India movement &#8211; false claim viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A newspaper clipping of a report on Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan&#8217;s father is viral on social media. It is titled, \u201cShah Rukh Khan&#8217;s father Mir Taj Mohammad Khan was one of the youngest freedom fighters in the Quit India Movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Several users are sharing the picture and claiming that Mir Taj Mohammad Khan was 30 years old when Shah Rukh was born in 1965. Therefore, his father must have been six years old at the time of the Quit India Movement in 1942. So how could he have been a part of the movement? Twitter user Janardan Mishra tweeted this photo with the same claim. It was retweeted by 1,374 handles at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211025174814\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/janardanspeaks\/status\/1451941738579333120\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 1965 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0948\u0926\u093e \u0939\u0941\u0906.. \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c\u094b \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 1942 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0941\u0906.. \u0907\u0938 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0915\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0938\u093e\u0930 \u091c\u092c \u0935\u094b \u092a\u0948\u0926\u093e \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0924\u092c \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0905\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0942 \u0915\u0940 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u0930 30 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0925\u0940.. \u092f\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u093f 1942 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0905\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0942 6 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0902\u0917\u0947\u0964<br \/>\n\u0905\u092c 6 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0940 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c\u094b \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0909\u0916\u093e\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0925\u0947, \u091c\u093c\u0930\u093e \u092f\u0939 \u0938\u094b\u091a\u093f\u090f?\ud83d\udd14\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4eiEKmB9bj\">pic.twitter.com\/4eiEKmB9bj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Janardan Mishra (@janardanspeaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janardanspeaks\/status\/1451941738579333120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter user \u2018\u0939\u092e \u0932\u094b\u0917 We The People\u2019 also promoted the clipping and accompanying claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211025174807\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/humlogindia\/status\/1451935897973248003\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 1965 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0948\u0926\u093e \u0939\u0941\u090f<br \/>\n\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c\u094b \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 1942 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0941\u0906<br \/>\n\u0907\u0938 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0915\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0938\u093e\u0930 \u091c\u092c \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u092a\u0948\u0926\u093e \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0924\u092c \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u0930 30 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0925\u0940\u0964<br \/>\n\u092f\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u093f 1942 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e 6 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0902\u0917\u0947\u0964<br \/>\n\u0905\u092c 6 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0940 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c\u094b \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0909\u0916\u093e\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0925\u0947 \u092f\u0939 \u0938\u094b\u091a\u093f\u090f ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vgBhtCLhCR\">pic.twitter.com\/vgBhtCLhCR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0939\u092e \u0932\u094b\u0917 We The People (@humlogindia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/humlogindia\/status\/1451935897973248003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Numerous Facebook users promoted the image with the same claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/901155776562271\/posts\/4776400039037806\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/101310291557528\/posts\/433373461684541\">Link 2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/http.bhumi\/posts\/1588822654787940\">Link 3<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-106135 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/was-shahrukh-khans-father-a-freedom-fighter-or-not-fact-check\/2021-10-25-23_17_57-anupendra-singh-posts-_-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-25-23_17_57-Anupendra-Singh-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-25-23_17_57-Anupendra-Singh-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpeg 706w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-25-23_17_57-Anupendra-Singh-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-287x300.jpeg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/was-shahrukh-khans-father-a-freedom-fighter-or-not-fact-check\/2021-10-25-23_18_08-voice-of-new-india-posts-_-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-25-23_18_08-Voice-of-New-India-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-25-23_18_08-Voice-of-New-India-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpeg 708w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-25-23_18_08-Voice-of-New-India-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-291x300.jpeg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/was-shahrukh-khans-father-a-freedom-fighter-or-not-fact-check\/2021-10-25-23_18_40-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%98%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%bf-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%97%e0%a5%87-posts-_-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-25-23_18_40-\u0938\u0902\u0918\u0947-\u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f-\u0915\u0932\u092f\u0941\u0917\u0947-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-25-23_18_40-\u0938\u0902\u0918\u0947-\u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f-\u0915\u0932\u092f\u0941\u0917\u0947-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpeg 681w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-25-23_18_40-\u0938\u0902\u0918\u0947-\u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f-\u0915\u0932\u092f\u0941\u0917\u0947-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-291x300.jpeg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The image is viral across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts\/?q=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%201965%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%86..%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%9B%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8%201942%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%86..%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%201965%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%86..%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%9B%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8%201942%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%86..%20&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We noticed that that the article&#8217;s byline says &#8216;Affan Nomani&#8217;. Alt News found a tweet by Nomani dated October 6, 2021, using a keyword search. He had shared the clipping in his tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My Latest Article on the Role of Meer Taj Muhammad khan ( father of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamsrk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iamsrk<\/a> ) in the Quit India Movement. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nFEr1A6Nq8\">pic.twitter.com\/nFEr1A6Nq8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Affan Nomani (@affannomani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/affannomani\/status\/1445639236271497216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, nowhere does his article claim that Mir Taj Mohammad Khan was 30 years old when his son Shah Rukh was born. It says, \u201cPeshawar-born Mir Taj Mohammad Khan left the city before the Partition at the age of 16 and came to Delhi. He joined Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan\u2019s movement and participated in the war of independence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Shah Rukh Khan had tweeted about his father&#8217;s birth anniversary. &#8220;If he were alive today, he would have been 87 years old,&#8221; the actor had written, which means he was born in 1927.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My fathers Birthday today. He would have been 87 &amp; very proud I think. \u201cHum tumhari umr ke the toh pahadon pe nange paanv charh jaate the\u2026 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamsrk\/status\/526643633055735808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We performed a keyword search on Facebook and found a post dated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QissaKhwani\/photos\/a.205174672948753\/2329928427140023\/?__tn__=%2CO*F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 5, 2021<\/a>, featuring a purported photo of Mir Taj Mohammad Khan&#8217;s gravestone, according to which he was born on October 27, 1927, in Peshawar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106137 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-51.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-51.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-51-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-51-767x1024.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-51-768x1026.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a series of tweets, Nomani also debunked the viral claim that Mir Taj Mohammad Khan was six years old during the Quit India Movement. He was 16, he wrote. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/affannomani\/status\/1452511067616124933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/affannomani\/status\/1452518750092087296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shahrukh&#8217;s father Mir Taj Muhammad khan was sixteen when he has participated in the Quit India movement.<br \/>\nClaim &#8211; Taj khan&#8217;s age was 6 is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Affan Nomani (@affannomani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/affannomani\/status\/1452511067616124933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Shah Rukh Khan&#8217;s father was born in 1927, which would make him about 15 years old when he participated in the Quit India movement in 1942.<\/p>\n<p>A book about Shah Rukh Khan &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.in\/books\/edition\/King_of_Bollywood\/Cbk4AQAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King of Bollywood<\/a>&#8216; also talks about his father. Alt News accessed the book via Google Books. The Quit India movement which began in August 1942 led to the arrest of 60,000 people, including Congress leaders and Mir Taj Mohammad Khan, who was in and out of jail for the next two years. He arrived in Delhi in 1946 and began studying law at Delhi University.<\/p>\n<p>Another book titled &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.in\/books\/edition\/Shah_Rukh_Can_The_Story_of_the_Man_and_S\/7OxBCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=%22meer+taj%22+1928&amp;pg=PT13&amp;printsec=frontcover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shahrukh Khan &#8211; The Story of the Man<\/a>&#8216; mentions that no one knows when Mir Taj Mohammad Khan joined the &#8216;Khudai Khidmatgar&#8217; organisation. However, Shah Rukh was quoted as saying that his father was referred to as the youngest freedom fighter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newspaper clipping of a report on Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan&#8217;s father is viral on social media. 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