Saif Ali Khan was born into a Muslim Pathan family of the Nawabs of Pataudi. His paternal grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, was the Nawab of Pataudi as well as an accomplished cricketer who played for England and then for India as the captain of the team. His paternal grandmother was Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal and his great-uncle was Pakistani general Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi. His father is Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the eighth Nawab of Pataudi and a former captain of the Indian cricket team. Khan has two sisters Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan. Khan's mother is Sharmila Tagore a Bengali Indian film actress and a member of Bengal's Tagore Family. She is also the head of the Indian film censorship board and a relative of the Nobel laureate - Rabindranath Tagore. Sharmila Tagore converted to Islam from Hinduism after her marriage to Khan's father, and changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana. Khan spent his childhood in a Muslim atmosphere, reading the Quran, with his grandmother being the center of his religious education. Khan says that "Religion played a major role in my upbringing."
Saif Ali Khan was born into a Muslim Pathan family of the Nawabs of Pataudi. His paternal grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, was the Nawab of Pataudi as well as an accomplished cricketer who played for England and then for India as the captain of the team. His paternal grandmother was Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal and his great-uncle was Pakistani general Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi. His father is Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the eighth Nawab of Pataudi and a former captain of the Indian cricket team. Khan has two sisters Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan. Khan's mother is Sharmila Tagore a Bengali Indian film actress and a member of Bengal's Tagore Family. She is also the head of the Indian film censorship board and a relative of the Nobel laureate - Rabindranath Tagore. Sharmila Tagore converted to Islam from Hinduism after her marriage to Khan's father, and changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana. Khan spent his childhood in a Muslim atmosphere, reading the Quran, with his grandmother being the center of his religious education. Khan says that "Religion played a major role in my upbringing."
Do they get married without first converting their wives Big No !! So Kareena get ready too !!
Please do not take this as a personal attack or bashing of any kind !! This is what the islam religion says !! i am not a muslim but the same was done by Amrita singh !! Sallu's mom who was a hindu and had to take up a muslim name too !! Please I would not like anyone to start bashing me !! All the replies above are the same !! The above article is not wrtten by me !!
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