Abdul Ghaffar Khan famously known and called by his followers as Bacha Khan (Badshah Khan) fought his whole life for the Pashtun cause. He was a man of vision, perseverance, steel nerves, and principles. Bacha Khan was one of the members of the Indian National Congress (INC) along with Jawaharlal Nehru and Gandhi, long before the establishment of the All India Muslim League (AIML). As part of INC, he opposed the partition of India which is one of the biggest allegations, his rivals used against him as anti-Muslim. Nonetheless, Bacha Khan believed that if partition happened, no other nation would be divided more than the Muslims. Considering, the population of the Muslims in the Indian Subcontinent, currently which is more than 200 million, his critics accept him as being righteous.

Imagine if partition would not have happened:

• The wars of 1947, 1965 1971, and 1999 could have been avoided which resulted in the massacre and separation of hundreds of thousands of people
• Separation of East Pakistan would not happened and Bangladesh would also be part of united India.
• United India would have been more powerful in terms of Technology, Military, Infrastructure, and Manpower.
........


© The Spine Times