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Khudai Khidmatgar

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Khudai Khidmatgar (خدايي خدمتگار) literally translates as the servants of God, represented a non-violent struggle against the British Empire by the Pashtuns (also known as Pathans, Pakhtuns or Afghans) of the North-West Frontier Province of British India (now in Pakistan). [1]

45 relations: Abdul Qayyum Khan, All-India Muslim League, Amin ul-Hasanat, Babrra massacre, Bacha Khan, Bajaur Agency, Bannu Resolution, British Empire, British Raj, Caliphate, Eknath Easwaran, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Frontier Crimes Regulation, Government of India Act, 1935, Hathikhel massacre, Indian National Congress, Islam, Jirga, Khan Abdul Ghani Khan, Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan, Khan Roshan Khan, Khilafat Movement, Mirzali Khan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mullah, National Awami Party, Nazi Germany, Nonviolence, Nonviolent Soldier of Islam, North-West Frontier Province (1901–2010), Pakistan Movement, Partition of India, Pashtunistan, Pashtuns, Peshawar, Qazi Ataullah Khan, Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre, Quit India Movement, Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum, Sardaryab, Shaukat Ali (politician), Stanford University Press, Takkar Massacre, The Garhwal Rifles, University of Michigan.

Abdul Qayyum Khan

Abdul Qayyum Khan (عبدالقیوم خان) (16 July 1901 – 23 October 1981) was a major figure in Pakistan politics, in particular in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, where he was deputy speaker of the provincial assembly, Chief Minister and served as Interior Minister of Pakistan in the central government from 1972 to 1977.

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All-India Muslim League

The All-India Muslim League (popularised as Muslim League) was a political party established during the early years of the 20th century in the British Indian Empire.

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Amin ul-Hasanat

Amin ul-Hasanat (February 01 1922–January 05 1960), better known as the Pir of Manki Sharif, was the son of Pir Abdul Rauf and Islamic religious leader in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Brisith India (modern Pakistan).He belongs to Dilazak tribe.

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Babrra massacre

The Babrra massacre occurred on 12 August 1948 in the Charsadda District of the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pukhtunkhwa) of Pakistan, when hundreds of unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement were shot dead on the orders of the then Chief Minister Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan Pakistan: History and Politics, 1947-1971 (1 April 2002) by M.Rafique Afzal p38 OUP Pakistan The protest was against the promulgation of Public Safety Ordinance by the provincial governor, termination of an elected government of Dr Khan and the resulting arrests of Khudai Khidmatgar leaders and confiscations of property.

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Bacha Khan

Abdul Ghaffār Khān (6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), nicknamed Fakhr-e-Afghān, lit.

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Bajaur Agency

Bajaur, Bajur or Bajour (باجوړ) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

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Bannu Resolution

The Bannu Resolution (د بنو قرارداد), or the Pashtunistan Resolution (د پښتونستان قرارداد), was a formal political statement adopted by Bacha Khan, Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai, the Khudai Khidmatgars, members of the Provincial Assembly, Mirzali Khan (Faqir of Ipi), and other tribal chiefs at a loya jirga held at Bannu on June 21, 1947, just seven weeks before the Partition of India.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.

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Caliphate

A caliphate (خِلافة) is a state under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (خَليفة), a person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire ummah (community).

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Eknath Easwaran

Eknath Easwaran (December 17, 1910 – October 26, 1999) was an Indian-born spiritual teacher, author, as well as a translator and interpreter of Indian religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads.

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Federally Administered Tribal Areas

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA; قبایلي سیمې، منځنۍ پښتونخوا; وفاقی منتظم شدہ قبائیلی علاقہ جات) was a semi-autonomous tribal region in northwestern Pakistan that existed from 1947 until being merged with neighboring province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in 2018.

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Frontier Crimes Regulation

The Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) were a special set of laws of Pakistan which were applicable to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwestern Pakistan.

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Government of India Act, 1935

The Government of India Act,1935 was originally passed in August 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5 c. 42), and is said to be the longest Act (British) of Parliament ever enacted by that time.

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Hathikhel massacre

The Hathikhel massacre, also called the Hathi Khel incident, refers to the killing of about 80 civilians by men of the Frontier Constabulary and the British Indian Army on 24 August 1931 in the Bannu district of the North-West Frontier Province of British India.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Jirga

A jirga (occasionally jarga or jargah; Pashto) is a traditional assembly of leaders that make decisions by consensus and according to the teachings of Pashtunwali.

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Khan Abdul Ghani Khan

Ghani Khan (Pashto: غني خان) ‎ (1914–1996) was a Pashtun philosopher and Pashto language poet, artist (painter and sculptor), writer and Pashtun nationalist politician of the 20th century.

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Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan

Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (خان عبدالجبار خان) (born 1883, Utmanzai, Charsadda – 9 May 1958, Lahore), popularly known as Dr.

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Khan Roshan Khan

Khan Roshan Khan (خان روشن خان; November 1914 – 19 November 1988) was a Pashtun historian, educationalist, and writer from Pakistan known primarily for being president of the Muslim League in Swabi and for writing books on the history of the Pashtun people.

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Khilafat Movement

The Khilafat movement (1919–22) was a pan-Islamist, political protest campaign launched by Muslims of India to influence the British government not to abolish the Ottoman Caliphate.

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Mirzali Khan

Mirzali Khan Wazir (حاجي ميرزالي خان وزير; b. 1897, d. 16 April 1960), also known as the Faqir of Ipi or Ipi Faqir (ايپي فقير), was a Pashtun tribal leader and warrior from the Utmanzai Wazir tribe, in today's Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (محمد علی جناح ALA-LC:, born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a lawyer, politician, and the founder of Pakistan.

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Mullah

Mullah (ملا, Molla, ملا / Mollâ, Molla, মোল্লা) is derived from the Arabic word مَوْلَى mawlā, meaning "vicar", "master" and "guardian".

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National Awami Party

The National Awami Party (NAP) was the major progressive political party in East and West Pakistan.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Nonviolence

Nonviolence is the personal practice of being harmless to self and others under every condition.

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Nonviolent Soldier of Islam

Nonviolent Soldier of Islam is a biography of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988), an ally of Gandhi's in the Indian independence movement.

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North-West Frontier Province (1901–2010)

The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) was a province of British India and subsequently of Pakistan.

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Pakistan Movement

The Pakistan Movement or Tehrik-e-Pakistan (تحریک پاکستان –) was a religious political movement in the 1940s that aimed for and succeeded in the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of the British Indian Empire.

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Partition of India

The Partition of India was the division of British India in 1947 which accompanied the creation of two independent dominions, India and Pakistan.

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Pashtunistan

Pashtūnistān (پښتونستان; also called Pakhtūnistān, or Pathānistān, meaning the "land of Pashtuns") is the geographic historical region inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people of modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, wherein Pashtun culture, language, and national identity have been based.

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Pashtuns

The Pashtuns (or; پښتانه Pax̌tānə; singular masculine: پښتون Pax̌tūn, feminine: پښتنه Pax̌tana; also Pukhtuns), historically known as ethnic Afghans (افغان, Afğān) and Pathans (Hindustani: پٹھان, पठान, Paṭhān), are an Iranic ethnic group who mainly live in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Peshawar

Peshawar (پېښور; پشاور; پشور) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Qazi Ataullah Khan

Qazi Ataullah Khan was born in 1895 in the house of Qazi Nasrullah Khan in Landi Arbab village of Peshawar.

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Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre

The massacre at the Qissa Khawani Bazaar (the Storytellers Market) in Peshawar, British India (modern day Pakistan) on 23 April 1930 was one of the defining moments of the independence movement in British India.

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Quit India Movement

The Quit India Movement or the India August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.

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Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum

Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan KCIE (12 December 1863 – 4 December 1937), hailing from Topi, Swabi District, British India (modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan) was a distinguished educationist and politician.

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Sardaryab

Sardaryab is a local tourist and picnic spot near Peshawar, Pakistan.

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Shaukat Ali (politician)

Maulana Shaukat Ali (10 March 1873 – 26 November 1938; Urdu: مولانا شوكت علي) was an Indian Muslim leader of the Khilafat Movement that erupted in response to the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

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Stanford University Press

The Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University.

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Takkar Massacre

The Takkar Massacre was a massacre of non-violent protesters committed by soldiers of the British Raj in 1930, following the Qissa Khwani bazaar massacre.

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The Garhwal Rifles

The Garhwal Rifles is one of the most decorated infantry regiments of the Indian Army.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (UM, U-M, U of M, or UMich), often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khudai_Khidmatgar

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