who was abdul ghaffar khan? what was his contribution to the civil disobedience movement

 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890 – 20 January 1988) was a Pashtun political and spiritual leader of British India known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in what is now Pakistan and India. A lifelong pacifist, a devout Indian Muslim and a close friend of Mohandas Gandhi, he was also known as Fakhr-e-Afghan.Ghaffar Khan forged a close, spiritual, and uninhibited friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, the pioneer of non-violent mass civil disobedience in India. The two had a deep admiration towards each other and worked together closely till 1947The Khudai Khidmatgar (servants of god) agitated and worked cohesively with the Indian National Congress, the leading national organization fighting for freedom, of which Ghaffar Khan was a senior and respected member. On several occasions when the Congress seemed to disagree with Gandhi on policy, Ghaffar Khan remained his staunchest ally.