Sikandar Hayat Khan (Punjabi politician)
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Sir Sikander Hayat Khan (5 June 1892 in Multan – 25/26 December 1942) was a British Indian politician from the Punjab.
Khan led the Unionist Party, an all-Punjab political party formed to represent the concerns and issues of India's Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus. He had taken over leadership of this group from Fazli Husein. Khan led his party in the 1937 elections, held under the Government of India Act 1935. He governed the Punjab as premier in coalition with the Sikh Akali Dal and the Indian National Congress.
Khan opposed the Quit India Movement of 1942, and supported the Allied powers during World War II. Khan believed in politically cooperating with the British for the independence of India and the unity of Punjab. He opposed Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the Pakistan Movement, partly because he foresaw that any future state of Pakistan would result in the partition of Punjab.[citation needed]
In 1937, Jinnah signed the Sikander-Jinnah pact in support of the Lahore Resolution, written by Khan, calling for an independent Pakistan.
Khan died in 1942. He is buried at the footsteps of the Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, commemorated for his contributions to Islam by having restored and revitalized the grand mosque.[citation needed]
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