January 10, 2021
After leaving his job as a school teacher, Kakaji Sanober Hussain Momand waged a long struggle against the British
Kakaji Sanober Hussain Momand, the freedom fighter, waged a long struggle against the British in the Tribal Areas.
He was born in January 1897 at Kazha Wala, a village near Peshawar. After matriculation from Islamia College, Peshawar, he joined government service as a school teacher in Bazi Khel area. However, he soon left the job and started his journey to resist imperialism.
He joined the Khudai Khidmatgar Tehreek, led by Bacha Khan, a staunch follower of Mohandas Gandhi and adherent to his philosophy of non-violence. However, Kakaji soon parted ways with the movement, concluding that a strategy of non-violence would allow the British to strengthen their stranglehold on the subcontinent rather than forcing them to leave.