Nand Ram Saini was appointed as
Zaildar
Zaildar was the title of the grand jagirdars (landlords) of the area, who were in charge of a Zail which was an administrative unit of group of villages during the British Indian Empire. The Settlement Officer, with the advice of the Deputy Com ...
during the
British Raj
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rule of India. He inherited the Zaildari in 1906 when his father died.
[History of Hisar: From Inception to Independence, 1935-1947, pp 312, M. M. Juneja, Published by Modern Book Co., 1989] He was appointed Zaildar from
Hissar division,
Punjab region
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
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Early life and career
Saini was born in the present-day
Hisar of
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...
, India to Chaudhari Mohan Lal of Hissar.
Indian Independence Movement
He gave up the Zalidari in 1921 in order to support the
Indian independence movement
The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947.
The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged ...
. Later, he became a member of the
Indian National Congress
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and was also head of
Hindu Mahasabha for Hissar briefly before rejoining Congress again in 1959. He died in 1973 at the age of 90.
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See also
* Sardar Nanu Singh Saini - Sikh army general and a well-known jagirdar in Phulkian
The Phulkian (or Phoolkian) Maharajas were Jat-Sikh rulers and aristocrats in the Punjab region of India. They governed the states of Faridkot, Jind, Nabha, Malaudh and Patiala, allying themselves with the British Raj as per the Cis-Sutlej tr ...
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References
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People from Punjab, India
1973 deaths
Year of birth missing