Utmanzai, Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India

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Utmanzai, in Charsadda of the former North-West Frontier Province of British India, is a historic Pashtun town best known as the birthplace of nonviolent independence leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
associatedWithMovement nonviolent Pashtun independence movement
associatedWithOrganization Khudai Khidmatgar movement
country British India
culturalHeritage Pashtun nonviolent resistance tradition
culturalRegion Greater Peshawar
linked to: Peshawar Valley
currentCountry Pakistan
currentProvince Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
demographicGroup Pashtun tribes
linked to: Pashtuns
ethnicMajority Pashtuns
foundInGeographicalFeature Peshawar Basin
linked to: Peshawar Valley
geopoliticalChange became part of Pakistan after 1947 partition
hasNicknameOfAssociatedLeader Frontier Gandhi (Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan)
historicalCategory towns in North-West Frontier Province during British India
historicalEra British Raj
linked to: British India
historicalNameOfProvince North-West Frontier Province
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
historicalRole birthplace of a major leader of Indian independence
historicalSignificance center of Pashtun political activism in early 20th century
knownFor being birthplace of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
languageSpoken Pashto
linked to: Pashto language
linkedToHistoricalFigure Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s early life
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Charsadda District
North-West Frontier Province
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
locatedInPresentDay Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
locatedInRegion Pashtun region
locatedNear Charsadda city
linked to: Charsadda

Peshawar
locatedOn alluvial plains of the Kabul River system
notableFor association with the "Frontier Gandhi"
notablePersonBornHere Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
notableResident Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
partOf Peshawar Valley
partOfColonialAdministrativeUnit North-West Frontier Province, British India
partOfEthnoLinguisticRegion Pashtunistan
politicalContextHistorical North-West Frontier Province under British rule
politicalHeritage site of early Khudai Khidmatgar organizing
populationGroup Pashtun Muslims
linked to: Pashtuns
regionalIdentity Pashtun heartland
regionType rural town
religionMajority Islam
timePeriod early 20th century Indian independence struggle

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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan placeOfBirth Utmanzai, Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Badshah Khan placeOfBirth Utmanzai, Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India