Who among the following was the founder of Khudai Khidmatgar, a predominantly Pashtun nonviolent resistance movement known for its activism against the British Raj in colonial India?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
- In 1929, the Khudai Khidmatgars (“Servants of God”) movement, led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, nonviolently mobilized to oppose the British in India’s Northwest Frontier Province.
- Ghaffar Khan and the Khudai Khidmatgar movement inspired thousands of Pashtuns (also called Pathans), who were known as fierce warriors, and others to lay down their arms and use civil resistance to challenge British rule.