Word: pukhtoonistan
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When India and Pakistan won their freedom, the North-West Frontier Province, 92% Moslem, voted adherence to Pakistan. Ghaffar Khan then set up a clamor for a separate Pathan nation, to be called Pathanistan or Pukhtoonistan. Once again he was jailed for subversion -this time by the Pakistan government. India's Jawaharlal Nehru called him "one of the bravest and straightest men in India" and bewailed his imprisonment, saying it was "a thorn in my heart...
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