He took part in the Khilafat Movement in his teens . He regularly published a journal by the name of Sarfaroosh and remained engaged in the freedom movement against the British throughout his life . With his leftist leanings , he and other " comrades " set up a youth organisation called Nawajan Bharat Sabha . When the British banned Nawajan Baharat Sabha , he was elected head of the Socialist Party . Abdur Rahim Popalzai II played a leading role in the events which lead up to the Qissa Khwani massacre and was sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in the uprising . Abdur Rahim Popalzai II borrowed his anti-imperialist ideology from Maulana Obaidullah Sindhi and Maulana Hussain Ahmed Madani In 1939 , Abdur Rahim Popalzai II protested in Bannu against the British bombing Waziristan , for which he was sentenced to five years imprisonment
Qissa Khwani massacre
Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre
Abdur Rahim Popalzai