Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun independence activist and nonviolent political leader who opposed British rule in India. A close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, he founded the Khudai Khidmatgar movement and was widely known as Bacha Khan or the Frontier Gandhi.

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Born in Utmanzai, North-West Frontier Province
6 February 1890

Born into a prosperous Pashtun landowning family in Utmanzai in present-day Pakistan.

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Opened schools in the Frontier region
1910

Began founding schools to promote education and social reform among the Pashtuns.

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Founded the Khudai Khidmatgar movement
1929

Established the nonviolent Khudai Khidmatgar, or Servants of God, movement against British rule.

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Allied with Gandhi and the Congress
1930

Formed a lifelong political and personal alliance with Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.

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Opposed the partition of India
1947

Opposed the 1947 partition and felt abandoned by the Congress leadership after independence.

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Awarded the Bharat Ratna
1987

Became the first non-Indian citizen to receive India's highest civilian honour.

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Died in Peshawar
20 January 1988

Died under house arrest in Peshawar and was buried, per his wish, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

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