| Names |
KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR
KHAN |
| Date of
Birth |
February 06, 1890 |
| Date of
Death |
January 20, 1988
- Peshawar, Pakistan. |
| Identity |
FRONTIER GANDHI -
Independence Activist |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- April 23, 1930: He was
arrested during protests arising out of the Salt Satyagraha.
- February 23, 1948: He took
the oath of allegiance to the new nation of Pakistan at the
first session of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly.
- May 08, 1948: He formed
Pakistan's first National opposition party, on this day, the
Pakistan Azad Party. The party pledged to play the role of
constructive opposition and would be non-communal in its
philosophy.
- 1967: He was awarded the
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
- 1984: He was nominated for
the Nobel peace prize.
- 1985: He visited India and
participated in the centennial celebrations of the Indian
National Congress.
- 1987: 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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| Special
Achievements / Events |
- He is also fondly known as Fakhr-e-Afghan, Bacha Khan,
Pacha Khan, Badshah Khan, Sarhadi Gandhi, and Frontier
Gandhi.
- 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.
- He was a lifelong pacifist and a devout Indian Muslim.
- He was a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi.
- 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.
- In late 1920s he formed an alliance with Mahatma Gandhi
and the Indian National Congress.
- He 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.
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