I have one great desire. - Abdul Ghaffar Khan

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I have one great desire.

Abdul Ghaffar Khan

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About Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (in Pashto خان عبد) الغفار خان)) (date of Birth 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Badshah Khan ("King Khan") was a pashtun non-violent activist. He is also noted for his association with Mahatma Gandhi, which earned him the name "Frontier Gandhi". He led his non-violent Khudai Khidmatgar movement against the British Raj in the 1930s and 1940s. Post partition he fought for state/provincial rights as well as the eventual unification of Pashtuns on both sides of the Durand line.

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Alternative Names: Fakhr-e-Afghān • Bādshāh Khān • Frontier Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi Mohammad Ali Jinnah Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Ruhollah Khomeini Muhammad Iqbal

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Only a dead nation remembers its heroes when they die. Real nations respect them when they are alive.

My religion is truth, love and service to God and humanity. Every religion that has come into the world has brought the message of love and brotherhood. Those who are indifferent to the welfare of their fellowmen, whose hearts are empty of love, they do not know the meaning of religion.

Better be poisoned in one's own blood then to be poisoned in one's principle.