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Abdul Ghaffar Khan - Wikipedia. Abdul Ghaffār Khān ( Pashto: عبدالغفار خان; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan ( باچا خان, ' King of Chiefs ') or Badshah Khan ( بادشاه خان) was an Afghan Pashtun independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against British colonial rule in India. [3]
Abdul Ghaffar Khan (born 1890, Utmanzai, India—died Jan. 20, 1988, Peshawar, Pak.) was the foremost 20th-century leader of the Pashtuns (Pakhtuns, or Pathans; a Muslim ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan), who became a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was called the “Frontier Gandhi.”
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan, was a Pashtun independence activist who campaigned to end the rule of the British Raj in India. He was nicknamed as Frontier Gandhi. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan worked towards the formation of a united, independent, secular India.
Jan 20, 2023 · Abdul Ghaffar Khan was no Gandhi—he was the powerhouse Pathan who mobilised Indian Muslims. Popularly known as Frontier Gandhi, Badshah Khan, Bacha Khan and Fakhr-e-Afghan, his indomitable political spirit has found a place in all of his names. Shania Mathew. 20 January, 2023 10:26 am IST.
Jun 22, 2018 · Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun freedom activist who fought against the British occupation of India. Popularly known as ‘Bacha Khan’, he was also a political leader of importance and a spiritual leader known for his philosophy of non-violence and pacifism.
Apr 2, 2019 · K han Abdul Ghaffar Khan, famously known as Bādshāh Khān, and Bāchā Khān, was a legendary Pashtun freedom fighter and pacifist whose greatness transcended all tribal and communal divisions.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Pashto/Urdu: فخر افغان خان عبد الغفار خان/خان عبدالغفار خان) (c. 1890 – January 20, 1988) was a Pashtun Indian political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India.
Feb 1, 2021 · Affectionately known as ‘Bacha’ Khan or ‘Badshah’ Khan amongst his people, Khan Abdul Ghaffar’s life was dedicated to the social reform of the Pukhtuns, who traditionally adhere to a strict...
Apr 24, 2020 · Abdul Ghaffar Khan and other leaders of the Khudai Khidmatgar were arrested on April 23, 1930 by British police after he gave a speech at a gathering in the town of Utmanzai in the North-West Frontier Province.
This chapter presents an essay on Mahatma Gandhi’s relation with Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. It says that Khan was associated with the boldest experiment in non-violence as a tool of social and political action.
