Amir Chand Bombwal

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Amir Chand Bombwal (8 August 1893 – 10 February 1972)[

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan[1] whom it has been claimed he named ‘Frontier Gandhi’.[2]

Bombwal was the last editor of the short-lived

Non-Cooperation Movement in 1921-24.[citation needed
]

British India
in 1921-23. Wooden identification tablet with the steel ring around the neck indicates the serial number of the prisoner in jail "884", the Section under which punished "40", and the period of imprisonment "3Y", showing from "22.2.21 to 21.2.24"

Upon release from jail, he worked to rehabilitate the refugees and victims of the 1924 Kohat riots. Mahatma Gandhi commended him for the service he provided to the riot victims.[4]

British India passport photo of Pandit Amir Chand Bombwal, Peshawar, 1946

After the

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
from Pakistan.

After Partition, he settled down in

Indian Parliament
.

He died in Delhi of natural causes. Upon his death, fifteen trunks containing his documents were transferred to the National Archives of India.

References

  1. ^ Gupta, Manmath Nath (1972). History of the Indian revolutionary movement. Somaiya Publications. pp. 33–34.
  2. ^ "Uttarakhand journalist gave Frontier Gandhi title to Abdul Gaffar Khan, claims book". The Tribune. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ISBN 9783111357300
    .
  4. ^ "Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Volume 29, page 347, letter to Amirchand C. Bombwal" (PDF).
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