Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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. He pushed against British colonial rule in India. He was a political and spiritual leader. Khan was known for his nonviolent works and pacifism.
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 Ghaffar Khan, c. 1940s | |
| Born | 6 February 1890 |
| Died | 20 January 1988 (aged 97) |
| Cause of death | Stroke-related problems |
| Resting place | Jalalabad, Afghanistan |
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| Education | Aligarh Muslim University |
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| Movement | Indian independence movement |
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| Parent(s) | Abdul Bahram Khan (father) |
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Khan died on 20 January 1988 under house arrest in Peshawar, Pakistan from problems caused by a stroke, aged 97.[3]
Abdul Ghaffar Khan Media
Khan at a pro-independence rally in Peshawar with Mahatma Gandhi in 1938
Khan leading a march from Peshawar, India to Kabul, Afghanistan during the Khilafat Movement, which sought to restore the Islamic Caliph of the Ottoman Empire after its defeat in World War I (c. 1920)
Followers of Khan's Khudai Khitmatgar movement (c. 1947)
Khan pictured with Mahatma Gandhi (c. 1940s)
Khan at prayer with Mahatma Gandhi (c. 1940s)
Khan walking with Indian National Congress leader Jawaharlal Nehru after the Cabinet Mission in 1946
Khan with Sheikh Abdullah and Jawaharlal Nehru in Nishat Bagh, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (1945)
Khan with Mahatma Gandhi (c. 1940)
References
- ↑ Manishika, Meena. Biography of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Inspirational Biographies for Children. Prabhat Prakashan.
- ↑ Khan, Khan Abdul Ghaffar (2010-02-05). Ideas of a Nation: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-81-8475-194-9.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan's unflinching advocacy of non-violence amongst the fierce Pathan tribesmen of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) made him a legend in his lifetime. Ghaffar Khan, also called Badshah Khan and sometimes the Frontier Gandhi, was born into a leading family of Khans at Charsadda near Peshawar in 1890. Throughout his life, he turned his back firmly not only on the privileges of his feudal background but on the established Pathan code of resolving issues through blood feuds and wars.
- ↑ "Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Fought Against British Rule in India, Dead At 98". Associated Press. 20 January 1988. Retrieved 10 July 2021.