INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Khudai Khidmatgars (“Servants of God”) was a movement led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. It was nonviolently mobilized to oppose the British in India’s Northwest Frontier Province. The main goal of the Khudai Khidmatgar was to win Indian independence and reform the social, political, and economic life of the Pashtuns.

Detailed explanation-2: -The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s red shirt movement were known as Khuda-i-Khidmatgars (Servants of God). It is a predominantly Pashtun nonviolent resistance movement highly known for its activism against colonial rule in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The movement was led by Abdul Ghaffar Khan, known locally as Bacha Khan, Badshah Khan, or Sarhadi Gandhi. It gradually became more political as its members were being targeted by the British Raj. By 1929 its leadership was exiled from the province and large numbers were arrested.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1929, Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar, an anti-colonial nonviolent resistance movement.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Lal Kurti or Red Shirt Movement was launched by Abdul Ghaffar Khan in 1930–31. It is also called the “Khudai Khidmatgar” Movement. Khudai Khidmatgar is a Persian word that means in Hindi ‘Servant of God’. Aim: To support the Civil Disobedience Movement launched by Gandhiji.