Key facts
- Born
- 6 February 1890, Hashtnagar
- Died
- 20 January 1988, Peshawar
- State of birth
- Hashtnagar
- Sector
- Freedom struggle
- Profession
- Pashtun independence activist against British rule in India
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan and Badshah Khan, was an Indian independence activist from the North-West Frontier Province, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against British rule in colonial India. After the partition occurred, he became a Pakistani politician and led the Azad Party.
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Timeline
- 1890Born in Hashtnagar
- 1946Becomes Member of the Constituent Assembly of India
- 1946Becomes member of the House Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India
- 1947Becomes Member of the Advisory Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India
- 1967Awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
- 1987Awarded the Bharat Ratna
- 1988Dies in Peshawar
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) · British India