KHAN, SHRI RAHIM [Congress (I)—Haryana, Faridabad, 1984]  s. of Shri Nawaz Khan; b. at Sultanpur Punhana Village, Ferozepur Jhirka Tehsil, Gurgaon District, February 1, 1923; studied upto Matrie; m. Smt. Budho, 1942, 3 s. and 4 d.; Agriculturist and Political and Social Worker; Ex-Serviceman (Havildar Clerk), rendered overseas service in Burma in 1945 and awarded war medal; Deputy Minister, Technical Education and Wakf, Government of Haryana, June—November, 1967; Minister of State for Irrigation and Power, Wakf and, Fisheries, Government of Haryana, May, 1982; President, Congress Committee Mandal, Bisru, Pinangawan till March, 1967; Member, D.C.C. Gurgaon 1958-59; Member, Block Samiti, Punahana, 1962-67 and its Chairman, 1965-67; Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, Sultanpur—Punahana, 1953—June, 1967; Chairman, Mewat Cooperative Marketing Society, 1961-62; Director, District Whole-sale Cooperative Marketing Society, Gurgaon 1963 and its Chairman, 1963-67; Director, (i) Mewat Cooperative Marketing Society, Ferozepur Jhirka, and (ii) Mewat Marketing Society Ferozepur Jhirka, Gurgaon, 1960; Administrator, Haryana Cooperative Marketing and Supply Federation, Chandigarh, 1978-79; Member, (i) Sub-Divisional Advisory Committee, Sub-Division Ferozepur Jhirka, 1962; (ii) District Advisory Committee, 1965-67; (iii) Punjab Wakf Board, Ambala Cantt, 1978-81, (iv) Surplus Committee, Sub-Division, Ferozepur Jhirka, 1978-84; (v) District Red Cross Society, District Gurgaon, 1981; (vi) Airman and Soldier Board, District Gurgaon since 1980; Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly 1967-72, 1972-74 and 1982-84.

Social activities:  President, (i) Al Mewat, All India Education and Development Society, Punahana (Gurgaon), (ii) All India Meo Sabha Nuh (District Gurgaon) and (iii) President of Employees Provident Fund Union, Haryana Regional Office, N.l.T. Faridabad; Manager of Ch. Mohd. Yasin Khan Meo High School, Nuh (Gurgaon) since 1967; Member, (i) Mewat Education Board, Nuh (Gurgaon) and (ii) Angling and Aquatic Conservation Society of India, Badkhal, Faridabad (Haryana).

Special interests:  Social service and enhancing the unity, integrity and communal harmony in the country.

Books published:  Writing history of Meos.

Travels abroad:  Burma and Pakistan.

Permanent address:  Sultanpur—Punahana Village, Ferozepur Jhirka Tehsil, Gurgaon District, Haryana.