Haj Committee of India (also known as Central Haj Committee (CHC)) is a statutory body of the Indian government which organises

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s to

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. It was established under ''Haj Committee Act'' in 2002. The committee acts as a nodal agency for state haj committees and has 23 members, of which six are elected by state haj committees, four are ex-official, three are MPs, seven are nominated by the

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and the rest come from the state which sends largest number of pilgrims. India was provided with 1,36,200 pilgrims quota in 2016, out of which, 1,00,200 travels were said to be arranged by the haj committee. The committee distributes the allotted quota state-wise based on Muslim population density according to 2011 census. The tradition of arranging religious pilgrimages by the Haj committee is traced back to 1927. The committee organised pilgrimages through sea-route and was headed by the Police Commissioner of

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D. Healy. The first meeting of the committee was held on 14 April 1927. Prior to ''2002 Haj Committee Act'', the first attempt to grant legal recognition to the committee was made by the

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which passed ''Port Haj Committees Act'' in 1932 and later in 1959, when ''Haj Committee Act'' was passed by

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headed Government.

Nizam's Rubath Accommodation

The

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had bought a big house for Hajj pilgrims from homeland to stay for free during their visit to Mecca for free. The government of

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performs a draw contest to choose the lucky winners who get to stay in the Rubath(Free accommodation). Originally there were 42 buildings, but only a couple are left after the expansion of the grand mosque of

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* {{Official website, http://hajcommittee.com/
Haj Committee Act, 2002
Hajj pilgrimage from India Government organizations related to the Hajj

Nizam's Rubath Accommodation

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