INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

FREEDOM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts called for:
A
the Union of Pakhtun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan
B
the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorising and finally ousting the colonial rulers
C
the adoption of communist revolution ideology for political and social reform
D
the Pathan regional nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Also called Surkh Posh or “Red Shirts” or “red-dressed", this was originally a social reform organisation focusing on education and the elimination of blood feuds; it was known as the Anjuman-e-Islah-e Afghania (society for the reformation of Afghans/Pashtoons).

Detailed explanation-2: -Gaffar Khan also called Badshah Khan and Frontier Gandhi had started the first Pushto political monthly, Pukhtoon, and had organized a volunteer brigade ‘Khudai Khidmatgars’. He was popularly known as the ‘Red-Shirts’, who were pledged to the freedom struggle and non-violence.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Redshirts (Italian: Camicie rosse or Giubbe rosse), also called the Red coats, are volunteers who followed the Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi during his campaigns.

Detailed explanation-4: -Red Shirt groups originated in Mississippi in 1875, when anti-Reconstruction private terror units adopted red shirts to make themselves more visible and threatening to Southern Republicans, both whites and freedmen. Similar groups in the Carolinas also adopted red shirts.

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