Dilip Kumar, originally named Mohammad Yusuf Khan, hailed from a prominent Awan Hindkowan Muslim family, born on December 11, 1922, in Peshawar's Qissa Khawani Bazaar. Raised amidst twelve siblings to Lala Ghulam Sarwar Ali Khan, a fruit merchant, and Ayesha Begum, he attended Barnes School in Deolali. In 1940, he relocated to Pune, establishing a dry fruit supply shop and canteen. Despite familial ties to Peshawar, they settled in Bombay post-Partition. Dilip Kumar's stage name emerg