FRONTIER GANDHI
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Fakhr-e-Afghan, Bacha Khan, Pacha Khan, Badshah
Khan, Sarhadi Gandhi
About:
Name:
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Also known as: Fakhr-e-Afghan, Bacha Khan, Pacha
Khan, Badshah Khan, Sarhadi Gandhi, Frontier Gandhi
Date & Place of Birth:
1890 (Birth date not known)
Date & Place of Death:
January 20, 1988 - Peshawar, Pakistan.
Activity / Profession / Trait / Objective:
Indian Independence Movement.
Nationality:
Indian
Introduction:
He was an independence activist of Pashtun descent.
He was a political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent
opposition to the British Raj in British India, and a lifelong pacifist
and devout Muslim.
History & Achievements
He was known for his non-violent opposition to
British Rule in India.
He was a lifelong pacifist and a devout Indian
Muslim.
He was a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi and was by
many names, such as Fakhr-e-Afghan (The Afghan pride), Badshah Khan
(also Bacha Khan, "King Khan") and Sarhaddi Gandhi (Frontier Gandhi).
His family encouraged him to join the British
Indian Army, but a British Raj officer's mistreatment of a countryman
offended him.
For the sake and well being of Pashtuns, he formed
the Khudai Khidmatgar movement (Servants of God). The movement's success
triggered a harsh crackdown against him and his supporters and he was
sent into exile. Then in late 1920s that he formed an alliance with
Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.
Ghaffar Khan strongly opposed the Muslim League's
demand for the partition of India. When the Indian National Congress
accepted the partition plan, he told them "You have thrown us to the
wolves."
After partition, Ghaffar Khan was frequently
arrested by the Pakistani government in part because of his association
with India and his opposition to authoritarian moves by the government.
He spent much of the 1960s and 1970s either in jail or in exile.
In 1985 he was nominated for the Nobel peace prize.
In 1987 he became the first person without Indian citizenship to be
awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.
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