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Shah Rukh Khan receives Global Diversity Award

PUBLISHED DATE : 06/Oct/2014

Shah Rukh Khan receives Global Diversity Award

Shah Rukh Khan receives Global Diversity Award

Shah Rukh Khan has been presented with the Global Diversity Award at the State Room of Britain’s House of Commons in London on 4^th October 2014. The Award was presented by the British Parliament by the 136th Leader of the office of Speaker Rt Hon John Bercow MP. Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Home Affairs committee conducted the grand ceremony. Other members of the Parliament from both houses, Commons and Lords were also present on this occasion. SRK received the award for his work in cinema ahead of his Slam+ The Tour concert at The O2 Arena.

The “Global Diversity Award” is presented to an outstanding individual who has made a major contribution to Worldwide Diversity and is an international role model and icon.

Previous recipients of the Award have included: Jackie Chan, the International film Star, Amitabh Bachchan, Sheikh Hassina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh; Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Lewis Hamilton, the Formula 1 Racing World Champion and Rev Jesse Jackson, the former US Presidential Candidate to name a few.

Shah Rukh Khan tweeted, “Now at the Houses of Parliament to receive the Global Diversity Award….humbled & grateful. Thank you. Tnx Mr Speaker Rt Hon John Bercow & my friend Mr Keith Vaz for a wonderful ceremony for the Global Diversity Award.”

Speaker Rt Hon John Bercow and Shah Rukh Khan at Britain’s House of Commons in London