Britain: House of Commons honours Salman Khan with Global Diversity Award

Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Friday was presented with a Global Diversity Award by Britain's House of Commons.

He received the award from Keith Vaz,British Parliament’s longest-serving Asian Member of Parliament.

In a statement, Vaz said, "The Global Diversity Award is given to people of immense stature in terms of what they have done for diversity in the world, and he is certainly one of them."

Vaz praised the star for being "not just a megastar for Indian and world cinema, but also someone who has done so much for humanitarian causes”.

After receiving the award, Salman was quoted saying:"Thank you for the respect and honour you have given me. My father would have never thought… But the amount of respect you guys have given me, thank you so much for it.”

Salman Khan is currently in Britain for hisDa-Bangg Tour and is visiting the country after a decade. The tour will take place inBirmingham on Saturday and in London’s O2 Arena on Sunday. The tour also features artistes like actors Sonakshi Sinha, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sooraj Pancholi, choreographer Prabhudheva, and rapper Badshah.

He has recently finished theAbu Dhabi schedule of his upcoming movie "Tiger Zinda Hai" of the Yash Raj Films banner.

Taking some time off the tour, he was seen having fun with nephew Ahil in a fun video: