The movement was led by Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
It gradually became more political as its members were being targeted by the British Raj.
By 1929 its leadership was exiled from the province and large numbers were arrested.
The local Congress sought help from the Khudai Khidmatgars, the most popular socio-political organization of the province; 23 April 1930 saw the worst kind of massacre in Peshawar.
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