Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890 - January 20, 1988) (Pashto: خان عبدالغفار خان, Hindi: ख़ान अब्दुल ग़फ़्फ़ार ख़ान) was a Pashtun political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition to British rule in India. A peaceful life, a devout Muslim and a close friend of Mohandas Gandhi, who was also known as Badshah Khan (also Bacha Khan, Pashto:. The "King Khan") and Sarhaddi Gandhi (Urdu, Hindi lit "Frontier. Gandhi").

It was initially encouraged by her family to join the British Indian army, but the treatment of a British Raj in the sense of a native insulted, and a family decision for him to study in England after it was mother's intervention.

To have witnessed the repeated failure of the revolt against the British Raj, he decided to social activism and reform would be more beneficial for the Pashtuns. This eventually led to the formation of Khudai Khidmatgars movement (servants of God). The success of the movement triggered a severe proceed against him and his disciples, and he was sent into exile. It was at this point in the 1920s, he formed an alliance with Gandhi and the Indian National Congress. This alliance lasted until the 1947 partition of India.

Ghaffar Khan strongly opposed the demand of the Muslim League for the partition of the Indian National Congress India.When accepted the partition plan, he said, "You have thrown to the wolves."

After the partition, Ghaffar Khan was arrested in Pakistan's government is often in part because of its unique Indian and opposed the authoritarian government's moves. She spent most of 1960 and 1970, in prison or in exile.

In 1985 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1987, he became the first person who does not have Indian citizenship can be granted, Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. After his death in 1988, was buried in Jalalabad, in spite of heavy fighting, the war in Afghanistan, both sides declared a cease-fire for his burial.