Who was known as "Frontier Gandhi"?

Abdul Ghaffar Khan, (born 1890, Utmanzai, India-died Jan. 20, 1988, Peshawar, Pakistan), was the foremost 20th-century leader of the Pashtuns (Pathans; a Muslim ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan), who became a follower and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi in the freedom movement and was called the "Frontier Gandhi". He was from North West Frontier Province (NWFP, presently in Pakistan).

Strongly inspired by Gandhi's strategy of nonviolence, Ghaffar Khan, amassed the world's first major nonviolent army in his region. He persuaded 100,000 of his countrymen to lay down guns and vow to fight nonviolently against the British regime. He termed this army the Khudai Khidmatgar, the servants of Allah. It was no mean achievement, considering the bloody and barbaric history of the Pashtun community- a history that was full of invasions, massacres, conquests and occupations. Khan opened schools in the province, brought women into the mainstream of society, and encouraged his nonviolent soldiers to vow to do at least two hours of social work a day.

As a Congressman he was completely aligned to the concept of Hindu Muslim unity and secularism. He was awarded Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian reward of the Republic of India, by the Indian Government in 1987. As a remembrance of this great leader in Delhi, a market is named as Khan Market and another as Ghaffar Market.