Khudai Khidmatgar Movement was an important historical movement which mobilized the
polity in a bottom-up direction to awaken the people living in the then North Western
Province and today's province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a
transformational and charismatic leader. He educated common people about non-violence
as a tool for organization and accomplishment of designed objectives. The essence of whole
movement was rooted in the religion Islam which is interesting against the background of
inspiration drawn by Pushtuns nationalists for the legitimacy of their narratives. This work
throws new light on historical legacy of Khudai Khidmatgar Movement led by Khan Abdul
Ghaffar Khan from a leadership perspective through historical comparative method. A new
insight will be made to dig out various methods adopted by the leadership of the movement
to gain the legitimacy of the movement and which had roots in religious text
