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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 a Pakistani Pashtun independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against British colonial rule in India. [3]
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.
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.”
Jan 20, 2023 · Buried under the historical violence of Pakistan’s tribal belt is a sliver of peace—and it is because of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a lifelong pacifist who mobilised Pathans against British colonialists in India.
Abdul Ghaffār Khān ( Pashto: عبدالغفار خان; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bādshāh Khān ( بادشاه خان, ' King Khan'), Frontier/Simant Gandhi or Bāchā Khān ( باچا خان, 'King of Chiefs ') and honourably addressed as Fakhr-e-Afghan ( فخرِ افغان, 'Pride of Afghans '), was a Pashtun [2] independence activist.
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, famously known as Bādshāh Khān, and Bāchā Khān, was a legendary Pashtun freedom fighter and pacifist whose greatness transcended all tribal and communal divisions.
Nonviolent Soldier of Islam is a biography of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988), an ally of Gandhi's in the Indian independence movement. Originally written by Eknath Easwaran in English, foreign editions have also been published in Arabic [1] and several other languages.
Jan 20, 2018 · Ghaffar Khan embraced the Gandhian philosophy of non-violence because it resonated with Islam, thereby negating the idea that the religion of Muslims was inherently violent.
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...
