Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan ) "Khudai-Kidmatgar" Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was born on 6 February 1890 in Utmanzai , Hashtnagar, Frontier Tribal Areas of Punjab Province, of British India, nicknamed as Bacha Khan ("King of chiefs"). Ghaffar attend the British run Edward's mission school, since this was the only fully functioning school because it was run by missionaries. At school the young Ghaffar did well in his studies, and was inspired by his mentor Reverend Wigram to see the importance of education in service to the community. In his 10th and final year of high school, he was offered a highly prestigious commission in The Guides, an elite corp of Pashtun soldiers of the British Raj. Young Ghaffar refused the commission after realising that even The Guides officers were still second-class citizens in their own country. ...