Haj Committee of India
Haj Committee of India (also known as Central Haj Committee (CHC)) is a statutory body of the Indian government which organises Islamic pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia. 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 central government 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 Bombay 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 British which passed "Port Haj Committees Act" in 1932 and later in 1959, when "Haj Committee Act" was passed by Jawahar Lal Nehru headed Government. Chaudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser currently serves as the Chairman of the Haj committee. ASF-954-1-0
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