Bahar Khan Essay

Independence of India from the British rule, which has subsequently led to the independence of a new Muslim state, Pakistan, has not been accomplished only as a result of the support and hard work of important figures such as Quaid-e-Azam, Sir Syed, Mahatma Gandhi or Jawahar Lal Nehru, but there has been a long list of personalities who have somehow played vital roles in the independence movement who are not known to everyone and in much detail. Among the long list of unsung heroes of the Independence movement, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, famously known as Bacha Khan, is an important figure, whose work against the British rule in India which has led to the independence of India from the British Empire.

Belonging to a prosperous Pashtun family, Bacha khan used to pay special attention

Also he launched a programme of nonpayment of taxes to the government in the Frontier with the help of the leaders of the Congress. On 23rd April 193, the Khudai Khidmatgar’s members joined the civil disobedience campaign of the Congress against the British and they were oppressed to such an extent that the British opened fire in Qissakhawani Bazaar and hundreds were killed there. That day hold a crucial status among the people of that area even today. As a result of this Bacha Khan was arrested and imprisoned for 3 years. Then in March 1931, as a result of the Gandhi-Irwin pact, Bacha Khan and many other arrested leaders were released and the civil disobedience campaign was put to a halt.

Although the aims of the Congress and Bacha Khan were similar, that they have to get free of the British yoke, tensions grew among the two and Bacha Khan refused to support the Congress when it offered support to the British in war. Afterwards, Bacha Khan again actively participated in the civil disobedience Campaign in