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throw light on contribute of khan Abdul gaafar khan in Indian national movement ​

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Answered by smartbrainz
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Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, also known as Badshah Khan and Frontier Gandhi was one of the most known figures of the indian National movement.

Explanation:

  • Abdul Gaffar Khan was born in 1890 in the West Pakistan,( then the North West Frontier Province) in a well of Pashtun family.
  • In 1911 when studying in Aligarh Muslim University, he first participated in any national movement.
  • He actively lead protests against the British government for proposing the Rowlatt Act.
  • His political viewpoint changed after he met Gandhi, and became his lifelong follower.
  • In 1919, he also actively participated in the Khilafat movement which was launched to show Hindu Muslim unity and was against the oppressive regime of the British government.
  • He also formed an organisation named Khudai Khidmatgar, which means servers of the God.
  • His followers actively participated in the Salt March, or Salt Satyagragh.
  • He also participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942, and was also among the close group of advisers of the Congress party.
  • He was a staunch believer of Gandhain philosophies of Satya and Ahimsha, truth and non- violence.
  • He had worked relentlessly for Hindu Muslim unity, and was against the partition of India, but after partition chose to live in Pakistan, where he was born.
  • In 1987, the Government of India honoured his contributions by awarding him the Bharat Ratna.

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