--- title: "Who was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?" description: "Who was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?" author: "Devansh Misra" published: 2018-03-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39483/who-was-popularly-known-as-the-frontier-gandhi category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Who was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’? Who was [popularly known](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31993/who-is-popularly-known-as-iron-man-of-india) as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’? ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **“Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan” is popularly [known as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34771/who-was-known-as-the-whip-of-the-god) ‘Frontier Gandhi’. His other name or nickname as ‘Fakhr-e-Afghan’, ‘Badshah Khan’ and ‘Bacha Khan’.** He was born on February 6, 1890, at Utmanzai, Pakistan and died on January 20, 1988, at Peshawar in [Pakistan](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35118/who-was-the-only-prime-minister-of-india-to-be-awarded-the-nishan-e-pakistan-pakistan-s-highest-civilian-honour). ![Who was popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/af3c2a08-def4-4b1a-9608-aba1625ab9e5/images/4c52b459-543f-409c-bd8b-37f0a86b4eba.jpeg)\ **Abdul Gaffar Khan was the close friend of ‘[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49835/who-named-gandhi-as-mahatma)’, so his close associate ‘Amir Chand Bombwal’ gave the nickname ‘Frontier Gandhi’ to Khan in [British India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35779/when-british-indian-association-was-founded-in-india).** **He was a Pashtun Independence Activist who was working to end the rule of British Rule.** He was a devoted Muslim and was the lifelong follower of pacifist i.e. non-violence. He closely followed Gandhi and had a close, spiritual friendship. They both worked closely with each other till 1947. He was one of the strong opposers of [Partition of India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32988/who-is-responsible-for-partition-of-india-in-1947), as India and Pakistan. He also worked as a champion for the Women Rights and Non-violence. In his lifetime he received three honorary awards. In 1962, he received ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ Award. In the year 1967, he received ‘Jawahalal Nehru Award for International Understanding’ later in the year 1987, he received ‘[Bharat Ratna](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40277/how-many-prime-ministers-have-been-awarded-the-bharat-ratna-till-date)’ the highest Civilian Award of India. **In the Indian city of Delhi, the famous ‘Khan Market’ is named in his honor as well the Market in Karol Bagh area is named after him as ‘Gaffar Market’.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39483/who-was-popularly-known-as-the-frontier-gandhi Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.