1890 - 1988
Abdul Ghaffār Khān BR (Pashto: عبدالغفار خان; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan (باچا خان, 'King of Chiefs') or Badshah Khan (بادشاه خان) was a Pashtun independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against British colonial rule in India.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. Due to his similar ideologies and close friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, Khan was nicknamed Sarhadi Gandhi (सरहदी गांधी, 'the Frontier Gandhi'). In 1929, Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar, an anti-colonial nonviolent resistance movement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bacha Khan has received more than 517,331 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Bacha Khan is the 198th most popular social activist (down from 192nd in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 25th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Bacha Khan ranks 198 out of 538. Before him are Tiradentes, Kailash Satyarthi, Subcomandante Marcos, Aliya Moldagulova, Zinaida Portnova, and Ravachol. After him are Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Stjepan Filipović, Serge Klarsfeld, Simon bar Giora, and Wat Tyler.
1746 - 1792
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 192
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 193
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 194
1925 - 1944
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 195
1926 - 1944
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 196
1859 - 1892
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 197
1890 - 1988
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 198
948 - 1022
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 199
1830 - 1863
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 200
1916 - 1942
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 201
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 202
100 - 70
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 203
1341 - 1381
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 204
Among people born in 1890, Bacha Khan ranks 67. Before him are Alfredo Ottaviani, Vannevar Bush, Milunka Savić, Géza Lakatos, Adolf Schärf, and Zeki Velidi Togan. After him are Béla Miklós, Max Immelmann, Prince Joachim of Prussia, Jacobus Oud, Walter Weiß, and Alois Eliáš. Among people deceased in 1988, Bacha Khan ranks 54. Before him are Giuseppe Saragat, Willem Drees, Ana Aslan, Chico Mendes, Heo Jeong, and Trường Chinh. After him are Branko Zebec, Renato Salvatori, René Char, Antonín Puč, Giacinto Scelsi, and Vladimír Menšík.
1890 - 1979
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 61
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 62
1890 - 1973
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 63
1890 - 1967
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 64
1890 - 1965
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 65
1890 - 1970
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 66
1890 - 1988
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 67
1890 - 1948
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 68
1890 - 1916
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 69
1890 - 1920
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 70
1890 - 1963
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 71
1890 - 1967
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 72
1890 - 1942
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 73
1898 - 1988
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 48
1886 - 1988
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 49
1897 - 1988
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 50
1944 - 1988
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 51
1896 - 1988
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 52
1907 - 1988
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 53
1890 - 1988
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 54
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 55
1933 - 1988
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 56
1907 - 1988
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 57
1907 - 1988
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 58
1905 - 1988
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 59
1929 - 1988
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 60
Among people born in Pakistan, Bacha Khan ranks 28 out of 180. Before him are Raj Kapoor (1924), Ranjit Singh (1780), Imran Khan (1952), Manmohan Singh (1932), Arif Alvi (1949), and Guru Ram Das (1534). After him are Kumail Nanjiani (1978), Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964), Naropa (1016), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), and Khema (-550).
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 22
1780 - 1839
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 23
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 24
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 25
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 26
1534 - 1581
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 27
1890 - 1988
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 28
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 29
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 30
1016 - 1100
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 31
1309 - 1388
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 32
1898 - 1998
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 33
550 BC - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 34
Among social activists born in Pakistan, Bacha Khan ranks 3. Before him are Bhagat Singh (1907) and Guru Ram Das (1534). After him are Malala Yousafzai (1997), Iqbal Masih (1983), Asma Jahangir (1952), and Mukhtar Mai (1972).
1907 - 1931
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1
1534 - 1581
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 2
1890 - 1988
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 3
1997 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4
1983 - 1995
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 5
1952 - 2018
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 27.57
Rank: 7