Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

E21530
Indian independence activist Pakistani politician Pashtun leader independence activist nonviolence advocate political leader

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a prominent Pashtun independence activist and close ally of Mahatma Gandhi, renowned for leading a non-violent movement against British rule in the Indian subcontinent.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1
Bacha Khan 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian independence activist ⓘ
Pakistani politician ⓘ
Pashtun leader ⓘ
independence activist ⓘ
nonviolence advocate ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
advocated Hindu–Muslim unity ⓘ
education for Pashtuns ⓘ
social reform among Pashtuns ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⓘ
surface form: Bacha Khan

Badshah Khan ⓘ
Frontier Gandhi ⓘ
awarded Bharat Ratna ⓘ
awardYear 1987 ⓘ
burialPlace Jalalabad, Afghanistan ⓘ
citizenship British India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
closeAllyOf Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
countryOfBirth British India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1890-02-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1988-01-20 ⓘ
ethnicity Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form: Pashtun
founded Khudai Khidmatgar ⓘ
fullName Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan self-link ⓘ
ideology Indian nationalism ⓘ
Pashtun nationalism ⓘ
nonviolence ⓘ
imprisonedBy British authorities ⓘ
Pakistani authorities ⓘ
influencedBy Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hindustani ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
movement Indian independence movement ⓘ
Pashtun nationalist movement ⓘ
nonviolent resistance ⓘ
notableFor leading a non-violent movement against British rule ⓘ
promoting nonviolence among Pashtuns ⓘ
notableWork My Life and Struggle ⓘ
opposedTo British colonial rule in India ⓘ
organizationTypeFounded Khudai Khidmatgar, nonviolent volunteer movement ⓘ
parent Abdul Bahram Khan ⓘ
placeOfBirth Utmanzai, Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India ⓘ
placeOfDeath Peshawar ⓘ
surface form: Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
politicalAffiliation Indian National Congress ⓘ
regionOfActivity South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
surface form: North-West Frontier Province
religion Islam ⓘ
sibling Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan → alsoKnownAs → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bacha Khan
Bharat Ratna → foreignRecipient → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⓘ
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan → fullName → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan self-link ⓘ
Civil Disobedience Movement → keyFigure → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⓘ
Ramdas Gandhi → notableRelative → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abdul Ghaffar Khan