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The Salt March That Started in Bengal: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and the Frontier Gandhi
When we think of the Salt March, we think of Gandhi and Dandi. But in this episode of The Hidden History of Bengal, Lucas and Luna trace a lesser-known strand of the salt satyagraha: the role of the Pathans and the man they called the Frontier Gandhi, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Born in the North-West Frontier Province, Ghaffar Khan forged an unlikely alliance with Bengali leaders and brought thousands of Pashtun soldiers to the salt protests in Bengal. We follow the march from Peshawar to the Bengal coast, the brutal lathi charges at Patuakhali, and the strange sight of Pathan volunteers diving…
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