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Abdul Ghani Khan
Pashtun poet and philosopher (–)
Khan Abdul Ghani Khan (Pashto: خان عبدالغني خان; c.&#; – 15 March ) was a Pashtun Pashto language philosopher, poet, artist, writer and politician.
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He was a political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition and lifelong pacifism ; he was a devout Muslim and an advocate for Hindu—Muslim unity in the subcontinent. However, the British government refused the demands of this resolution. After the Partition of India by the British government, Khan pledged allegiance to the newly created nation of Pakistan, and stayed in the now-Pakistani North-West Frontier Province ; he was frequently arrested by the Pakistani government between and Khan was jailed or in exile during some years of the s and s. He was awarded Bharat Ratna , India's highest civilian award, by the Indian government inHe was a son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a prominent British Raj-era independence activist. Throughout his life as a poet in both British India and Pakistan, Khan was known by the titles Lewanay Pālsapay (لېونی فلسفي, 'Mad Philosopher') and Da īlam Samander (د علم سمندر, 'Ocean of Knowledge').[citation needed]
Life
Khan was born in Hashtnagar, in the Frontier Tribal Areas of British India—roughly located in the modern-day village of Utmanzai in Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
He was a son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a prominent Indian independence activist, and was the elder brother of Abdul Wali Khan. Khan's wife, Roshan, was from a Parsi family and was the daughter of Nawab Rustam Jang, a prince of Hyderabad.[1] He went to study at the art academy at Rabindranath Tagore's University in Shantiniketan, where he developed a liking for painting and sculpture.[2] He visited England and studied sugar technology in the United States, after which he returned to British India and started working at the Takht Bhai Sugar Mills in Takht Bhai in [3] Largely owing to his father's influence, Khan was also involved in politics, supporting the cause of the Pashtuns of British India.
Due to his activism, Khan was arrested by the Government of Pakistan in —although he had given up politics by then—and remained imprisoned in various jails all over the country till It was during these years that he wrote his poem collection, Da Panjray Chaghaar, which he considered to be the best work of his life.[citation needed] His contribution to literature (often unpublished) was ignored by the Pakistani government for much of his life; although near the end of his life, his works did receive much praise and as well as an award—for his contributions to Pashto literature and painting, the then-President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, conferred on him the Sitara-i-Imtiaz on 23 March [citation needed]
Political Life and Imprisonment
During a part of Ghani Khan's life, modern-day Pakistan did not exist.
The area was part of Afghanistan, then the British captured it and merged it with the British empire.
Badshah songs He pushed against British colonial rule in India. He was a political and spiritual leader. Khan was known for his nonviolent works and pacifism. Khan died on 20 January under house arrest in Peshawar , Pakistan from problems caused by a stroke , aged Contents move to sidebar hide.India was under British rule (hence called British India) and was fighting for its independence from the British. On 15 August , India finally gained its independence. And a day before, on 14 August , Pakistan had been born, becoming independent of British India. Hence, before all this independence, the Pashtuns who are now in Pakistan were under the rule of British India before the partition of India and Pakistan.
Wikipedia badshah khan biography images He is also noted for his association with Mahatma Gandhi , which earned him the name "Frontier Gandhi". He led his non-violent Khudai Khidmatgar movement against the British Raj in the s and s. I want to rescue these gentle, brave, patriotic people from the tyranny of the foreigners who have disgraced and dishonored them. I want to create for them a world of freedom, where they can live in peace, where they can laugh and be happy. I want to kiss the ground where their ruined homes once stood, before they were destroyed by savage strangers.This is where and why Bacha Khan's work was significant.
As for Ghani Khan, he was initially influenced by his father's political struggles and thus worked for the independence of the Pashtuns ruled by British India. However, he later came to disagree with his father's ideologies. He says, in an interview, that he left his father's political movement of non-violence, called "Khudai Khidmatgar" ("God’s Soldiers") because of some of the movement's motives that he disagreed with.[citation needed]
Although he was no longer involved in politics by the time of Pakistan's independence (), the government of Pakistan imprisoned him several times, sending him to jails from all over the country.
His father spent close to half of his lifetime in jail (44 years out of his 99 years).
Ghani Khan used his time in jail to write poetry; his main work in jail is called Da Panjrey Chaghar ("The Chirping of the Cage").
Works
Aside from a few poems of his youth and early manhood, Ghani Khan's poetry, like his temperament, is anti-political. His poem collections include Panoos, Palwashay, De Panjray Chaghar, Kullyat and Latoon.
He also wrote in English; his first book was The Pathans ().
His only published work in Urdu was his book titled Khan Sahib ().
The singular distinction of his poetry – aside from his obvious poetic genius – is a profound blend of knowledge about his native and foreign cultures, and the psychological, sensual, and religious aspects of life.[4][5]
A translation (Pashto to English) of selected poems of Ghani Khan, called The Pilgrim of Beauty, has been authored by Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada, a friend and admirer of the poet.
The book was printed in in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is a joint initiative by individual donors in Pakistan and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Afghanistan. The book also contains paintings of Ghani Khan. The Pakistan launch of the book took place in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Pukhtun Festival, in March The Afghanistan launch took place on 22 February by the Ministry of Information and , At Edwards College Peshawar, Quaid Muhammad Khan(President Of Pushto Literature) familiarized Ghani Khan with Sardar Ali Takkar so that he could be able to read Ghani Khan ghazals with some music at the background (Modern Day Tappy).
Wikipedia badshah khan biography Originally written by Eknath Easwaran in English, foreign editions have also been published in Arabic [ 1 ] and several other languages. A second edition was published in with the title Nonviolent soldier of Islam: Badshah Khan, a man to match his mountains. Both editions include an afterword by Timothy Flinders. The US edition contains a new foreword by Easwaran, and an enlarged section of photographs of Khan. The book has been reviewed in magazines, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] newspapers, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and professional journals.Quotes and prose
Ghani Khan's love for nature and the local habitat of the Pashtun people is visible in his work. He wrote
- "Pashtun is not merely a race but, in fact, a state of mind; there is a Pashtun lying inside every man, who at times wakes up and overpowers him."
- "The Pashtuns are rain-sown wheat: they all came up on the same day; they are all the same.
But the chief reason why I love a Pashtun is that he will wash his face and oil his beard and perfume his locks and put on his best pair of clothes when he goes out to fight and die."
- As a progressive and intellectual writer, he wrote, "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature."
څوک دې ماته وُوائي څه رنګې شیدا شي څوک؟
څوک چې چاته وُخاندي ولې پۀ خندا شي څوک؟
ستوري د غره څوکې تۀ غلي شان بېګا وُوې
مینې پۀ ژړا وُوې حسن پۀ خندا وُوې
Tribute
Abdul Ghani Khan died on 15 March and was buried in Utmanzai, Charsadda.[6] After his death, in recognition of his outstanding achievements, the Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province built a public library and park as a memorial to him on about 8 acres (32,&#;m2) of land, naming it "Ghani Derai" (the mound of Ghani).
The site is a historical mound very near his home, Dar- ul-Aman, and within the confines of his ancestral village, Utmanzai, on the main highway from Razzar to Takht-i-Bhai.