Rai Bahadur Devi Chand, was very devoted to Babaji Bhagwan and Shri Bjola Nathji Bhagwan and used to come to Their Darshan. In the late 1920’s when he used to hear the discourse, of Bhola Nath Ji , he used to say to the youthful Shri Nathji: “Permit me to make a prophecy: There shall be no greater speaker than you in the world.”
Rai Bahadur Chaudhary Dewan Chand Saini, MBE of Gurdaspurwas a well-known criminal lawyer and politician of British Punjab. He was born in 1887. was the son of Chaudhary Fateh Chand, a Wazeer (minister) of the erstwhile princely state of 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. 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
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. 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 . He was awarded the title of Rai Sahib by the British government, which was later elevated to Rai Bahadur Later on he was honoured and given title of the Member of the Order of the British Empire. 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.
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