Who led the movement of Khudai Khidmatgar?

2023

Who led the movement of Khudai Khidmatgar?

Answer: B. Khan Abdul Ghaffar KhanConcept: A mass movement is identified by its founder or principal organizer, its region, and its method of political action. These features distinguish a…

  1. A.

    Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti

  2. B.

    Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  3. C.

    Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

  4. D.

    More than one of the above

  5. E.

    None of the above

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Correct answer: B

Concept: A mass movement is identified by its founder or principal organizer, its region, and its method of political action.

These features distinguish a movement’s leader from prominent figures belonging to other periods or reform traditions.

Application: The Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of God), also known as the Red Shirt movement, was a nonviolent Pashtun movement in the North-West Frontier Province.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan founded and led this organization in support of India’s freedom struggle.

Contrast:

  • Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti was a medieval Chishti Sufi saint associated with Ajmer.

  • Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was a nineteenth-century educationist and founder of the Aligarh Movement.

  • The set-level choices do not apply because one named individual has the documented leadership association.

Cross-check: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was widely known as the Frontier Gandhi because of his commitment to nonviolence. This identity is consistent with the nonviolent Khudai Khidmatgar movement.

Therefore, the answer is Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

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