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[[Rai Bahadur]] '''Chaudhary Dewan Chand Saini, {{post nominals|list=[[Order of British Empire|MBE]]}} '''<ref name ="India Office">''"Saini, RB, DC, MBE, 2 June 1943."'' The India Office and Burma Office list for ..., Volume 56, pp 106, Great Britain. India Office, 1947</ref> (1887–unknown) of [[Gurdaspur]]<ref name = "Dewan Chand"/><ref name = "Saini Rai Bahadur">The Punjab Legislative Council Debates. Official Report, pp 1028 & 1047, Published By Legislative Council, Punjab (India), 1936</ref><ref>Mahatma Hansraj: Maker of the Modern Punjab, pp 132, Sri Ram Sharma, Published by Arya Pradeshik Pratinidhi Sabha, 1941</ref><ref>The Punjab and the war, pp 185, Maxwell Studdy Leigh, Lahore, Printed by the Superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab, 1922</ref><ref name = "Legislative Assembly">''"Chaudhri Parkash Chand Saini, son of Rai Bahadur Diwan Chand, Civil Lines, Gurdaspur,"'' pp 503, Punjab (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly – 1964</ref> was a well-known criminal lawyer and politician of [[British Punjab]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chaudhary Dewan Chand Saini was the son of Chaudhary Fateh Chand, a ''Wazeer'' (minister) of the erstwhile princely state of [[Chamba, Himachal Pradesh|Chamba]]. His father died when he was seven years old. He was brought up by Lala Ram Sharan who was a ''pagvat'' friend of Chaudhary Fateh Chand. The two men had exchanged turbans and had sworn to take care of each other's family in the event of one dying.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}<br />
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Lala Ram Sharan intended Chand to become an engineer but Chand chose the profession of law instead. In 1915 he gained law degree from [[Lahore]] and in the same year he married Bibi Achhra Devi. The couple had eight daughters and two sons.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
Chand had a distinguished career as an attorney. He was a highly reputed lawyer of Punjab High Court (Lahore) and was later appointed as the leader of its Criminal Bar.<ref name = "Dewan Chand"/> He was also a member of Legislative Council of colonial Punjab and as an elected legislator he was known for his advocacy on behalf of agricultural communities.<ref name = "Saini Rai Bahadur"/><br />
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==Awards and decorations==<br />
Chand was awarded the title of [[Rai Sahib]] by the British government, which was later elevated to [[Rai Bahadur]]<ref name ="India Office"/><ref name = "Dewan Chand">''" Chaudhri Dewan Chand Saini was another lawyer practicing on the criminal side those days. Later on he became Rai Sahib and leader of the Criminal Bar, but unfortunately died of cancer at a comparatively young age."'' Looking Back: The Autobiography of Mehr Chand Mahajan, Former Chief Justice of India, pp 45, Mehr Chand Mahajan, Published by Asia Pub. House, 1963</ref> Later on he was honored and given title of the [[Order of British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]].<ref name = "Legislative Assembly"/> He also formed Saini infantry. Which take active part in WW2.And awarded war memorial. He was also founder of Saini sabhas in his region.<br />
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He was also allotted a large estate of several [[Muraba]]s by the colonial government in recognition of his distinguished public services.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Sadhu Ram Chaudhari|Saini Sadhu Ram Chaudhari]], [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] - First police chief of the state of Himachal Pradesh (then a union territory) and union territories of Delhi and Ajmer in independent India<br />
* [[Sumedh Singh Saini]] - Indian police chief and Former DGP of punjab police<br />
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