Remembering heroes of Indian Independence: Frontier Gandhi
Remembering heroes of Indian Independence: Frontier Gandhi
New Delhi: In continuation with our series on heroes of Indian Independence, today we pay rich tributes to Abdul Ghaffar Khan, popularly known as Bacha Khan and Frontier Gandhi. Born in village Uttamazai (now in
PTIPublished : Aug 03, 2013 14:27 IST, Updated : Aug 04, 2013 6:21 IST
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In 1987, he became the first non-Indian to be awarded Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.
Upon his death in 1988 in Peshawar under house arrest, following his will, he was buried in his house at Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
