Shah Nawaz Khan (General)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Major General Shahnawaz Khan of village Matore, Kahuta, Rawalpindi District, British India, (now Pakistan; 1914 1983) was a Indian freedom fighter during British colonial rule of India, politician and an army officer, hailing from the Janjua Rajput clan of Matore. He has an adopted daughter who happens to be Shah Rukh Khan's mother. Lt. Colonel Shahnawaz Khan, son of Capt Sardar Tikka Khan of Matore, studied at the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun and was commissioned as an officer in the British Indian Army. He was captured during the Second World War by the Japanese and interned in Singapore. Subhash Chandra Bose encouraged him to join the Indian National Army, to fight the British Empire.