Utmanzai, Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India

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Utmanzai, in Charsadda of the former North-West Frontier Province of British India, is a historic Pashtun town best known as the birthplace of nonviolent independence leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
associatedWithMovement nonviolent Pashtun independence movement
associatedWithOrganization Khudai Khidmatgar movement
country British India
culturalHeritage Pashtun nonviolent resistance tradition
culturalRegion Peshawar Valley
surface form: Greater Peshawar
currentCountry Pakistan
currentProvince Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
demographicGroup Pashtuns
surface form: Pashtun tribes
ethnicMajority Pashtuns
foundInGeographicalFeature Peshawar Valley
surface form: Peshawar Basin
geopoliticalChange became part of Pakistan after 1947 partition
hasNicknameOfAssociatedLeader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
surface form: Frontier Gandhi (Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan)
historicalCategory towns in North-West Frontier Province during British India
historicalEra British India
surface form: British Raj
historicalNameOfProvince Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
surface form: North-West Frontier Province
historicalRole birthplace of a major leader of Indian independence
historicalSignificance center of Pashtun political activism in early 20th century
knownFor being birthplace of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
languageSpoken Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
linkedToHistoricalFigure Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s early life
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Charsadda District
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
surface form: North-West Frontier Province
locatedInPresentDay Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
locatedInRegion Pashtun region
locatedNear Charsadda
surface form: Charsadda city

Peshawar
locatedOn alluvial plains of the Kabul River system
notableFor association with the "Frontier Gandhi"
notablePersonBornHere Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
notableResident Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
partOf Peshawar Valley
partOfColonialAdministrativeUnit North-West Frontier region
surface form: North-West Frontier Province, British India
partOfEthnoLinguisticRegion Pashtunistan
politicalContextHistorical North-West Frontier region
surface form: North-West Frontier Province under British rule
politicalHeritage site of early Khudai Khidmatgar organizing
populationGroup Pashtuns
surface form: Pashtun Muslims
regionalIdentity Pashtun heartland
regionType rural town
religionMajority Islam
timePeriod early 20th century Indian independence struggle

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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan placeOfBirth Utmanzai, Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Badshah Khan placeOfBirth Utmanzai, Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India