Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Biography 
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was an Afghan Indian freedom fighter and spiritual leader who opposed the British Rule in India. He was a close friend of Gandhi and was called as Frontier Gandhi. He was born in 1890 in Hashtnagar in Utmanzai in Charsadda in British India. He opposed partition of India after Indian independence.
His father was Behram Khan. He studied at Edward’s Mission School and was inspired by his tutor Rev. Wigram. He studied at Aligarh Muslim University. He got a chance to study in London like his brother Dr. Khan Sahib. But as his mother was not willing to part with him, he started to work in the family land.
When he was 20, he opened his first school in Utmanzai and this was a huge success. He married Meharqanda in 1912. They had two sons, Abdul Ghani Khan, Abdul Wali Khan and a daughter Sardaro. When Meharqanda died in 1918, he remarried Nambata and had one daughter Mehar Taj and one son Abdul Ali Khan.
He was a member of the organization, Khudai Khidmatgar which was fighting for Indian freedom. Later he joined Congress Party and remained the member of the Working Committee. He was arrested on 23rd April 1930 for taking part in Salt Satyagraha. He championed the cause of women’s rights and non-violence.
He opposed partition of Pakistan. Later he supported Pakistan government. He formed the first National opposition party, Pakistan Azad Party on 8th May 1948. He was house arrested for six years from 1948 to 1954.
He was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 and he was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1987 and Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1967. He died in Peshawar on 20th January 1988 while under house arrest and was buried in Jalalabad in Afghanistan.
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Updated: October 29, 2011
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