![]() ![]() ![]() Last month, Director (Archaeology) Dr Abdul Samad told Pakistani news outlet Dawn that the Directorate took possession of both properties from their current owners after their ownership was transferred to the provincial government. Requesting all in #Peshawar to share photos of my ancestral house (if you've clicked the pic) and tag #DilipKumar - Dilip Kumar September 30, 2020 The actor thanked him for sharing the pictures and requested other Peshawar residents to share pictures of his ancestral home. Journalist Shiraz Hassan had posted four photographs of Dilip Kumar's ancestral house, which is over a 100 years old, on Twitter. At that time, Dilip Kumar had received a glimpse of his ancestral house thanks to a journalist in Pakistan. They hit the headlines in September last year after the provincial government announced that it would acquire both properties and turn them into museums after restoration. In 2014, Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor's ancestral homes had been declared national heritage sites by the then Nawaz Sharif government. The two grew up in neighbouring havelis that were taken under the possession of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology and Museums last month and will now be converted into museums. Incidentally, Dilip Kumar's haveli neighboured the ancestral home of another legend of Hindi cinema - his lifelong friend and contemporary, Raj Kapoor. ![]() Located in the fabled Qissa Khwani Bazar, this is the house where Dilip Kumar spent his early childhood before he achieved stardom in the city of dreams. Dilip Kumar, born Muhammed Yusuf Khan, grew up in a haveli in the heart of Peshawar city. Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who died this morning in Mumbai, had often reminisced about his ancestral house in Peshawar (located in present-day Pakistan), where he was born before the partition. ![]()
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