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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: A Centennial Tribute
On the life and contribution of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, 1891-1988, an Indian nationalist and an active politician in Pakistan, since its birth in 1947; papers presented at a seminar to commemorate his birth centenary.
228 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 1995
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
8 books46 followers"The Frontier Ghandi" - read this man's remarkable biography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Abd...
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May 8, 2017
I found this book in my uncles's library a few years back. I asked my grandfather who's Abdul Ghaffar Khan? He said "He is the same person you know by the name of Bacha Khan, how came you don't about his real name". I was embarrassed and determine to read it. But I couldn't until a week before when it caught my eye again.
This is an autobiography as mentioned, of Abdul Ghaffar Khan nicknamed Bacha khan, a Pashtun independence activist against the British Rule. He was born in 1890 in the village "Utmanzai" in Peshawar Valley now in the Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Which is also my native village and I'm secretly very proud of it after knowing what a legend it produced. I know the basics from my grandfather, he was a teenage at the time but he said he remembered him and he'd met him, as I mentioned they lived in the same village. He also told me about their mutual acquaintance 'Shaad Khan Megy (lit. Ant)' and 'Kareem Master'. I've seen his house (a house just like any other). He worked half his life for the welfare of his fellow Pashtun, and the other half for the whole Indians (including Hindus and Sikhs). He belong to Khawaneen ( the landlords and dignified families) but he never get to make mansion and even lost a large part of his property during his struggle, his only concern was the welfare of his people. It's just a pity how his descendants turn out to be.
Bacha Khan spent a large part of his life in prison (about 33 years) but he wasn't just a person who could be suppressed, he was an idea, an objective. He's been called "Sarhadi Gandhi". He was the prime source of awareness in Pashtun. I'm just grieved how Pakistan treated him. I won't go into details and be judgmental. I don't have enough knowledge to do, so I would refrain from it.
It was a brief and simple biography but I was amazed to find how little I knew about my own village, still it was pleasant experience to read about someone belong to your area and you actually know about.
This is an autobiography as mentioned, of Abdul Ghaffar Khan nicknamed Bacha khan, a Pashtun independence activist against the British Rule. He was born in 1890 in the village "Utmanzai" in Peshawar Valley now in the Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Which is also my native village and I'm secretly very proud of it after knowing what a legend it produced. I know the basics from my grandfather, he was a teenage at the time but he said he remembered him and he'd met him, as I mentioned they lived in the same village. He also told me about their mutual acquaintance 'Shaad Khan Megy (lit. Ant)' and 'Kareem Master'. I've seen his house (a house just like any other). He worked half his life for the welfare of his fellow Pashtun, and the other half for the whole Indians (including Hindus and Sikhs). He belong to Khawaneen ( the landlords and dignified families) but he never get to make mansion and even lost a large part of his property during his struggle, his only concern was the welfare of his people. It's just a pity how his descendants turn out to be.
Bacha Khan spent a large part of his life in prison (about 33 years) but he wasn't just a person who could be suppressed, he was an idea, an objective. He's been called "Sarhadi Gandhi". He was the prime source of awareness in Pashtun. I'm just grieved how Pakistan treated him. I won't go into details and be judgmental. I don't have enough knowledge to do, so I would refrain from it.
It was a brief and simple biography but I was amazed to find how little I knew about my own village, still it was pleasant experience to read about someone belong to your area and you actually know about.
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