Mewat is a historical and cultural region which encompasses parts of the modern-day states of Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh in northwestern India.
Meo are an ethnic group originating from the Mewat region of north-western India.
Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district, is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The city of Gurgaon is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,514,432. It is one of the southern districts of Haryana. On its north, it is bounded by the district of Jhajjar and the Union Territory of Delhi. Faridabad district lies to its east. To its south lie the districts of Palwal and Nuh. To the west lies Rewari district.
Nuh district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The district is known for having the largest Muslim population in Haryana. It lies within the National Capital Region as well as the historical Mewat region and Braj region of India.
Ferozepur Jhirka is a town in the Nuh district of the Indian state of Haryana. It was founded by the ruler of Mewat State, Khanzada Feroz Khan.
Nuh (Hind/Urdu: [nũːɦ], is a city and administrative headquarters of the Nuh district, located in the state of Haryana within the National Capital Region of India. It lies on the National Highway 248, also known as the Gurgaon-Sohna-Alwar highway, about 45 kilometres from Gurgaon.
Gandhi Gram Ghasera or Ghasera is a village in Nuh district of Haryana state in northern India. It is dominated by Meos. Gandhi was added to its name after it was visited by Mahatma Gandhi who asked the predominantly Muslim Meos to not migrate to Pakistan.
This is the alphabetical categorised list of statewide, regional and local political families involved in the politics and various elections of Haryana state of India at state and national level.
Ghasera Fort is a ruined fort in Ghasera village in Nuh district of Haryana state in northern India, which has been notified as a protected monument by the state government. Currently, the majority of the residents of the village are Muslim Meos, though Hindus also live there.
Chowdhury is a title of honour, usually hereditary, originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is an adaption from Sanskrit. During the Mughal rule, it was a title awarded to eminent people, while during British rule, the term was associated with zamindars and social leaders. The common female equivalent was Chowdhurani.
Zakir Hussain is a politician from the Indian state of Haryana. He serves as administrator of Haryana Waqf Board and is the National Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party Minority Morcha. He is a three term former member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Nuh and Taoru constituency.
Chaudhary Tayyab Husain was an Indian politician, who served as a Member of Parliament from Gurgaon and Faridabad in the Lok Sabha. He holds the unique record of being elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly to three different Indian states, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, and serving as a Minister in the government bodies of all three.
Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed was an Indian politician and a practicing lawyer before the Supreme Court of India, who served as Member of Lok Sabha in a by-poll election from the Lokdal party proceeding the death of the previous office holder, Chaudhary Rahim Khan. Ahmed was a Member of Parliament for no longer than 8 months. He was also elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly to the Punjab and Haryana assembly five times.
Nauksham Chaudhary is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is a Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Kaman Assembly constituency. She previously contested the Haryana Legislative Assembly elections from the Punhana Assembly constituency in 2019.
Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas is an Indian Politician who is a current member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Punahana constituency in Nuh district of Haryana. He has been elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly four times and has served as a Minister twice in the Government of Haryana.
The 2023 Haryana riots commonly referred to as the Nuh violence were a series of clashes in northern India that originated in the state of Haryana and have subsequently spread to nearby regions. On 31 July 2023, communal violence erupted in the Nuh district of Haryana between Muslims and Hindus during an annual Brajmandal Yatra pilgrimage organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). By the evening of the same day, fresh incidents of communal violence were reported from Gurugram and Sohna. As of 3 August 2023, the situation had resulted in at least seven fatalities and over 200 reported injuries.
Chaudhary Habib Ur Rehman, popularly known as Nayab Sahab, is an Indian Politician and former member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Nuh constituency in the Nuh district of Haryana. He was elected as an independent Member of Legislative Assembly once from the Nuh Assembly constituency.
Chaudhary Rahim Khan was an Indian politician, who served as a Member of Parliament representing the Faridabad constituency in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He died before he was to complete his term as Member of Parliament. He served as the Minister of Power and Irrigation, Waqf, and Fisheries in the Government of Haryana and was also elected as a Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly three times.
The All India Meo Sabha is an Indian political organisation and advocacy group based primarily in the Mewat region of India. It was formed under the leadership of Chaudhary Rahim Khan in 1967.
Sultanpur-Punahana, natively known as Katpuri, is a village in northern India within the Nuh district of Haryana. It is under the district sub-division of Punahana. It is also the origin place of the Rahim Khan political dynasty of Haryana.
