Autobiography of ‘Frontier Gandhi’ released in English
- The autobiography of freedom fighter ‘Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’, titled “The Frontier Gandhi: My Life and Struggle” has been released recently.
- The book is English translation of Khan’s autobiography, which was first published in Iranian language Pashto in 1983.
- The English translation of the book is done by former Pakistani civil servant and author Imitiaz Ahmad Sahibzada. It is published by the publishing house Roli Book.
- This is the first time that Khan’s autobiography has been released in English.
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, who was an Afghan independence activist against British colonial rule in India, was fondly known as Bacha Khan or Badshah Khan.
- Also, due to his similar ideologies and close friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, Khan was nicknamed as Sarhadi Gandhi (‘Frontier Gandhi’).