Question

Why do you think Abdul Khan is generally unknown? Where does he fit in the larger history of the twentieth century?

Answer 1

Abdul Khan is not as unknown as you think. In Pakistan and India he is a well-known and consistently respected figure; however, his popularity in the West is low due, perhaps, to his poor media exposure due to the arrests and exiles he has been subjected to.

Abdul Ghaffār Khān, was a pastiche independence activist who worked to end the rule of the British Raj. He was a political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition; he was a lifelong pacifist and a devout Muslim. A close friend of Mohandas Gandhi, Abdul Khan was dubbed the "Gandhi Frontier" in British India by his close associate Amir Chand Bombwal. Abdul Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar ("Servants of God") movement in 1929. His success unleashed a harsh repression of the British Raj against him and his supporters, and they suffered some of the severest repressions of the Indian independence movement.

Answer 2

Abdul Ghaffar Khan is generally known as a key figure in the Freedom movement of the Sub-Continent

Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Muslim Indian Freedom Fighter who fought against the British Empire for Independence.

He was a supporter of Gandhi and the Congress party and did not believe in the creation of Pakistan.

In India, he is still remembered as a Hero, though he lived the rest of his life in Peshawar, Pakistan.

In the larger History of the 20th century, he is remembered as a staunch nationalist who believed in secularism.