PeoplePoliticsIn 1987, famed freedom fighter, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna. He was then a Pakistani national and thereby became the first non-Indian to be honoured so. Vertical Tabs NotesIndia declared a five-day period of mourning when Frontier Gandhi died in 1988. Further readingWikipedia (Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan)Know India (Bharat Ratna Award) TaxonomyConnotations: PositiveIndian connection: ModerateTags: pakistankhan abdul ghaffar khanbharat ratnaawardafghanistan
