Question

Khudai Khidmatgars were popularly known as-

• A. Red Shirts
• B. White Shirts
• C. Blue Shirts
• D. Green Shirts

Answer 1

The correct option is A Red Shirts

Ghaffar Khan, who is also known as Badshah Khan and the “Frontier Gandhi,” formed the world’s first nonviolent army, Red Shirts. They were mobilized to oppose the British in India’s Northwest Frontier Province. Ghaffar Khan and the Khudai Khidmatgar movement inspired thousands of Pashtuns (also called Pathans), who were known as fierce warriors, and others to lay down their arms and use civil resistance to challenge British rule.