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KHAN, ABDUL GHAFFARKHAN, ABDUL GHAFFAR (1890–1988), Pakhtun leader, opponent of partition, proponent of a Pakhtun state. Jailed for twelve years by the British and for fifteen years by Pakistani authorities, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, born in 1890 in Utmanzai in the North-West Frontier province (NWFP), remains a symbol of the values of nonviolence and Pakhtun dignity.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988), affectionately known as Bacha Khan, Badshah Khan and Fakr-e-Afghan among his people, and ‘Frontier Gandhi’ in India, was born in Uthmanzai in the North-West Frontier Province of British India.
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Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Red Shirt movement, in support of the Indian National Congress, an action started by Abdul Ghaffar Khan of the North-West Frontier Province of India in 1930. Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun who greatly admired Mahatma Gandhi and his nonviolent principles and saw support for the Congress as a way of pressing his grievances against ...
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. Though born and bred in a region infamous for its warring tribes and history of blood feuds—Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP or ...
Gandhi with Abdul Gaffar Khan during the tour of Jahanabad, Bihar, March 28, 1947. Khan resigned from the party in 1939 over differences with the party on whether they should support the British World War II effort or not but subsequently rejoined in 1942 with the onset of the Quit India Movement.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Publisher: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Description: This set of 227 photographs by Kulwant Roy acquired by the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi range primarily from the 1930s to the 1960s. They are a visual archive of a momentous era in India's history, including many unpublished pictures.
It discusses the ‘happy accidents’ in Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s early years, which may have influenced his adherence to non-violent method for political and social change. It highlights Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s fight for freedom and equality in Pakistan.
