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'''Mian Abdul Haye''' (December 1889 – 20 December 1946) was a prominent [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] lawyer and politician during the [[British Raj]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Haye was born into a wealthy [[Muslim]] [[Awan (tribe)|Awan]] family in [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]].<ref>S.P. Sen, Dictionary of National Biography, Vol 1-4, Calcutta, 1973</ref><ref>Gosain, Renu, Trends in the politics of the Punjab: Study in regional politics of undivided Punjab, 2014, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, p.99</ref> He was educated at [[Forman Christian College]] and the law college of the [[University of the Punjab]].<ref>S.P. Sen, Dictionary of National Biography, Vol 1-4, Calcutta, 1973</ref> He began his career as a lawyer in [[Ludhiana]] in 1910.<br />
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Shortly after he was elected to the Ludhiana municipality, becoming its Vice-President. During the [[First World War]] he assisted in recruitment to the army and was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)]] in 1919.<ref>Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 January 1919, p.476</ref> He played a prominent role in anti-[[Rowlatt Act|Rowlatt bill]] meetings in Ludhiana and took an active part in the [[Khilafat Movement]] in 1921.<ref>Gosain, Renu, Trends in the politics of the Punjab: Study in regional politics of undivided Punjab, 2014, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, p.99</ref> Later that year he renounced his MBE awarded two year prior.<ref>S.P. Sen, Dictionary of National Biography, Vol 1-4, Calcutta, 1973</ref> He was elected to the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly (British India)|Punjab Legislative Assembly]] in 1923 from the East Punjab Muslim constituency as a candidate of the Moderate Party. In 1933 he moved from Ludhiana to [[Lahore]] and joined the Unionist Party.<ref>Gosain, Renu, Trends in the politics of the Punjab: Study in regional politics of undivided Punjab, 2014, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, p.99</ref><br />
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Following the Unionist victory at the [[1937 Indian provincial elections|1937 provincial elections]], he was made [[Minister of Education]] by [[Sikandar Hayat Khan (Punjabi politician)|Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan]]. As Education Minister he advocated free and compulsory primary education and a nationalist bias in the education system.<ref>S.P. Sen, Dictionary of National Biography, Vol 1-4, Calcutta, 1973</ref> During the [[Second World War]] he again assisted with recruitment into the army, and in raising a war loan.<br />
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Although working towards Muslim-Hindu unity for much of his career in 1946 he became a staunch advocate for the creation of [[Pakistan]] and supported the [[Direct Action Day|Direct Action Movement]] initiated by the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]].<ref>S.P. Sen, Dictionary of National Biography, Vol 1-4, Calcutta, 1973</ref><br />
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