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Bacha Khan

1890 - 1988

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Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Pashto: عبدالغفار خان; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan (Pashto: باچا خان) or Badshah Khan (بادشاه خان, 'King of Chiefs') was an Indian independence activist from the North-West Frontier Province, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against British colonial rule in India. He was a political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition and lifelong pacifism; he was a devout Muslim and an advocate for Hindu–Muslim unity in the subcontinent. Because of his similar ideology and close friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, Khan was nicknamed Sarhadi Gandhi (सरहदी गांधी, 'the Frontier Gandhi'). In 1929, Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar, an anti-colonial nonviolent resistance movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bacha Khan is the 34th most popular social activist (up from 195th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Bacha Khan ranks 34 out of 840. Before him are Robert Owen, Margaret Sanger, Shirin Ebadi, Charlotte Corday, Thích Quảng Đức, and Emiliano Zapata. After him are Toussaint Louverture, Jan Palach, Ferdinand Lassalle, Irena Sendler, Omar Mukhtar, and Simon Wiesenthal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Bacha Khan ranks 16. Before him are Egon Schiele, Alfred Jodl, Karel Čapek, Fritz Lang, George II of Greece, and Kurt Lewin. After him are Colonel Sanders, Stan Laurel, Man Ray, Bohuslav Martinů, Walther Funk, and Carlos Gardel. Among people deceased in 1988, Bacha Khan ranks 8. Before him are Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Georgy Malenkov, Richard Feynman, Luis Walter Alvarez, Nico, and John Holmes. After him are Ernst Ruska, Valery Legasov, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, André Frédéric Cournand, and Divine.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Bacha Khan ranks 14 out of 217. Before him are Nawaz Sharif (1949), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), Chanakya (-375), I. K. Gujral (1919), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), and Pran (1920). After him are Shah Jahan (1592), Bhagat Singh (1907), Arif Alvi (1949), Vasubandhu (400), Benazir Bhutto (1953), and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Pakistan

Among social activists born in Pakistan, Bacha Khan ranks 1. After him are Bhagat Singh (1907), Malala Yousafzai (1997), Guru Ram Das (1534), Asma Jahangir (1952), Iqbal Masih (1983), Mukhtar Mai (1972), and Jalila Haider (1988).

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