Why was Abdul Ghaffar known as frontier Gandhi
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He recognised as a jihad struggle with only the enemy holding swords. He was closely identified with Gandhi because of his non-violence principles and he is known in India as the 'Frontier Gandhi'.
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He recognised as a jihad struggle with only the enemy holding swords. He was closely identified with Gandhi because of his non-violence principles and he is known in India as the 'Frontier Gandhi'. One of his Congress associates was Pandit Amir Chand Bombwal of Peshawa
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Abdul Ghaffār Khān (Pashto: عبدالغفار خان) (6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), nicknamed Fakhr-e-Afghan (Pashto: فخرِ افغان), "Pride of Pashtuns", Bādshāh Khān (Pashto: بادشاه خان, Hindi: बाधास खान ), or Bāchā Khān (Pashto: باچا خان) , "king of chiefs"), was a Pashtun independence activist who worked to end the rule of the British Raj in colonial India. He was a political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition; he was a lifelong pacifist and devout Muslim.[1] A close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, Bacha Khan was nicknamed Sarhadi Gandhi ("Frontier Gandhi") in British India by his close associate Amir Chand Bombwal.[2][3] Bacha Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar ("Servants of God") movement in 1929. Its success triggered a harsh crackdown by the British Raj against him and his supporters, and they suffered some of the most severe repression of the Indian independence movement.[4]
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Born
6 February 1890
Utmanzai, Hashtnagar, Frontier Tribal Areas of Punjab Province, British India (in present-day Charsadda District, Pakistan
Died
20 January 1988 (aged 97)
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
20 January 1988 (aged 97)
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Resting place
Jalalabad, Nangarhar, AfghanistanCitizenshipBritish Indian (1890–1947); Pakistani (1947–1988)EducationAligarh Muslim UniversityPolitical partyIndian National Congress
National Awami PartyMovementPashtunistan movement
Khudai Khidmatgar movement
Indian independence movementSpouse(s)
Meharqanda Kinankhel
(
m. 1912–1918)
Nambata Kinankhel
(
m. 1920–1926)
ChildrenAbdul Ghani Khan
Abdul Wali Khan
Sardaro
Mehar Taja
Abdul Ali KhanParent(s)Bahram KhanAwardsPrisoner of conscience (1962)
Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1967)
Bharat Ratna (1987)