Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) , the foremost 20th-century leader of the Pashtunswas a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was called the “Frontier Gandhi” .
Ghaffar Khan met Gandhi and entered politics in 1919 during the agitation over the Rowlatt Acts, which allowed the restriction of political dissidents without trial.
Ghaffar Khan founded the Red Shirt movement (Khudai Khitmatgar) among the Pashtuns.
In 1987 he was awarded the Bharat Ratna Prize, the highest Indian honour that can be given to civilians. He was the first non-Indian to receive this honour.