Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890 - 20 January 1988) (Pashto: خان عبدالغفار خان, Hindi: ख़ान अब्दुल ग़फ़्फ़ार ख़ान) was an Afghan, Pashtun political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India. A lifelong pacifist, a devout Muslim, and a close friend of Mohandas Gandhi, he was also known as Fakhri Afghan (The Afghan pride), Badshah Khan (also Bacha Khan, Pashto: lit., King Khan) and Sarhaddi Gandhi (Urdu, Hindi lit., Frontier Gandhi).