Who is known as the 'Frontier' Gandhi?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan of the NWFP came to be known as the Frontier Gandhi; along with Mahatma Gandhi, he firmly opposed the idea of partition.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Understanding Partition’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “3.6 A possible alternative to Partition … This was a most crucial juncture, because after this partition became more or less inevitable, with most of the Congress leaders agreeing to it, seeing it as tragic but unavoidable. Only Mahatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan of the NWFP continued to firmly oppose the idea of partition.…”
Fig. 14.7 Mahatma Gandhi in the NWFP, October 1938 with Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (who came to be known as Frontier Gandhi), Sushila Nayar and Amtus Salem |
