Anupam Kher's mother is grateful to PM Narendra Modi. Here's why

Anupam Kher in an interview to a daily said that his mor Dulari Kher thanked PM Narendra Modi for Centre's move to revoke Article 370. veteran actor said that spoke about his Kashmiri Pandit origin . He said as a Kashmiri Pandit who was uprooted from his native place, revocation of Article 370 has a very different meaning for him. He also said that his mor is grateful to PM Narendra Modi for revocation of Article 370.

'Uprooted from home'

Kher spoke about Kashmiri Pandits being uprooted from ir homes 30 years ago. He said that 3-4 lakh people were 'thrown out of ir homes' in January 1990. He said that community has been permanently scarred owing to incident. He ded that while community coped with situation y have t forgotten about incident. 

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What abrogation of Article 370 means to his family

While speaking about significance of abrogation of Article 370 for him and his family, he shared his mor's experience of having to live away from her home. He said that his mor constantly speaks about Kashmir since she h spent much of her life re. He ded that his mor is perpetually grateful to PM Narendra Modi for making historic move. He also said that his mor wishes to settle in Kashmir and hopes that would happen in her lifetime.

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On August 5. Indian Parliament passed two Bills which led to abrogation of Article 370 and formation of Union Territories Jammu and Kashmir and Lakh. Union Territories came into existence on October 31.

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Former UN chief asks for Anupam Kher's autograph

Anupam Kher is thrilled because former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked him to sign actor's autobiography. actor took to Twitter to share a brief video that has him giving an autograph to Ki-moon. "My most cherished moment was when 8th #SecretaryGeneral of @UN #BanKiMoon asked me to sign my autobiography for him. Him saying #Dhanyaw (thank you in Hindi) at end was real clincher for me. #JaiHo. Great to be at @asiainit gala. Thank you for inviting me," Anupam captioned video, which has received more than 20.3k views.

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