Badshah Khan

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Published on October 17, 2012 5:45:45 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSwM3vZADoE

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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890 -- 20 January 1988) was an Afghan Pashtun political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India. A lifelong pacifist and a close friend of Mohandas Gandhi, he was also known as Fakhr-e-Afghan (The Afghan pride), Badshah Khan (also Bacha Khan, Pashto: lit‎., "King Khan") and Sarhaddi Gandhi (Urdu, Hindi lit., "Frontier Gandhi").

Pashtun leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was closely identified with Gandhi as a friend and follower and is known in India as the Frontier Gandhi. He shunned all forms of violence in the fight for freedom. The film unfolds by narrating stories from Ghaffar Khan's life. He defied the British and the Russians, his only mission was a free and democratic homeland for the Pathans, a place without violence, a place where Pathans would live with their head held high. He opened schools to provide basic education to the children. Mahatma Gandhi described him as "A man of god" and across the world he is known as the 'A citizen of the world'.