Red Shirt Movement

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The Red Shirt Movement was a non-violent, Pashtun-led anti-colonial movement in British India, founded by Abdul Ghaffar Khan, that campaigned for social reform and independence alongside the Indian National Congress.

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Red Shirt Movement canonical 1
Red Shirt movement 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement ⓘ
social reform movement ⓘ
alliedWith Indian National Congress ⓘ
alternateName Khudai Khidmatgar movement ⓘ
Servants of God movement ⓘ
associatedWith Khudai Khidmatgar ⓘ
campaign education reform among Pashtuns ⓘ
ending blood feuds ⓘ
ending tribal feuds ⓘ
women’s participation in social life ⓘ
collaboratedWith Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
colorSymbol red ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
demographicFocus rural Pashtun population ⓘ
ethnicBase Pashtuns ⓘ
foundedBy Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⓘ
goal independence from British rule ⓘ
promotion of nonviolence ⓘ
social reform among Pashtuns ⓘ
historicalContext Indian independence movement ⓘ
ideology Indian nationalism ⓘ
Pashtun nationalism ⓘ
nonviolence ⓘ
inspiredBy Gandhian nonviolence ⓘ
leader Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⓘ
membershipBase Pashtun middle classes ⓘ
Pashtun peasants ⓘ
method civil disobedience ⓘ
community organizing ⓘ
peaceful protest ⓘ
movementType anti-colonial ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
notableLeader Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⓘ
opposedBy British Raj authorities ⓘ
opposedTo British colonial rule in India ⓘ
organizationalStructure mass volunteer organization ⓘ
politicalAlignment Indian National Congress ⓘ
politicalStance anti-imperialism ⓘ
pro-democracy ⓘ
region North-West Frontier Province ⓘ
present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
tactics boycott of colonial institutions ⓘ
non-cooperation with British authorities ⓘ
peaceful marches ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Khudai Khidmatgar → alternativeName → Red Shirt Movement ⓘ
Khudai Khidmatgar movement → alternativeName → Red Shirt movement ⓘ
linked to: Red Shirt Movement