Shah Rukh Khan
has been presented with the Global
Diversity Award at the State Room of Britain’s House of Commons in London on 4th 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.
Rainbow
Foundation which co-ordinates with the Next Foundation each year, the award of
the “Global Diversity Award” to an outstanding individual who has made a major
contribution to Worldwide Diversity, 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
twitted, “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.”
Over
the years, Shah Rukh has been honoured with several international awards,
including Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (France's highest civilian award),
Wissame Al Kafaa Al Fikria (Morocco’s highest honour), Malaysian title of
'Datuk' (akin to the British knighthood) and several others. He has also been
entrusted with being the Brand Ambassador of INTERPOL's “Turn Back Crime”
Campaign recently. He has done a lot of charity work.
Director
Farah Khan, actors Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman
Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah will talk to media about their upcoming film
Happy New Year on Sunday morning in London. Madhuri Dixit and Malaika Arora
Khan will join them at Slam+ The Tour concert in the evening.
