Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun Indian political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India.

Ghaffar Khan with Mahatma Gandhi‎
Ghaffar Khan forged a close, spiritual, and uninhibited friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, the pioneer of non-violent mass civil disobedience in India. On several occasions when the Congress seemed to disagree with Gandhi on policy, Ghaffar Khan remained his staunchest ally.
Ghaffar Khan was a champion of women's rights and nonviolence, strongly opposed the partition of India. Bacha Khan and his followers felt a sense of betrayal by both Pakistan and India.
Shortly afterwards he addressed the Pakistan constituent assembly and announced his support for Pakistan, while at the same time his Khudai Khidmatgar movement pledged allegiance to Pakistan and severed all links to the Congress Party.
In early 1956, he broke with his brother Dr. Khan Sahib and merged his group with leftist and Nationalist parties from other provinces forming the National Awami Party.
Ghaffar Khan's politics and role has been highly controversial especially in Pakistan. Ghaffar Khan has also been heavily criticized in his native Pakistan for being anti-Pakistan.
His third son Ali Khan was non-political and a distinguished educator, and served as Vice-Chancellor of University of Peshawar.