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Prince of Arcot re-elected president of Ajmer Dargah Committee

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,

New Delhi: The Prince of Arcot, Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali, has again been elected president of the Ajmer Dargah Committee. He was first from the South India to be elected to this position. The term of the president is for one year.

Ajmer Dargah Committee is a statutory body of the Union government which oversees the famous dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer.

Professor Ibrahim was elected the vice-president of the committee in a meeting of the Dargah Committee in Delhi.

The nine members of the committee were appointed by the government in August 2007 for a five year term. The members are:

1. Nawab Mohammad Abdul Ali: Amir Mahal, Royapettah, Chennai- 600014 ( elected Chairman by the Committee)

2. Haji Hafiz Wakil Ahmed: Gaon Paighambar Nagar, Post Maohna Paschim, Sultanpur, UP.

3. Mohammed Ilyas Qadri: 104/4, Kirdar Manzil, Andar Kote, Ajmer- 305001, Rajasthan.

4. Prof. (Dr.) Ibraheem: C-91 Johri Farm, Noor Nagar Extension, Jamia Nagar, Okhla, New Delhi.

5. Sohail Ahmad Khan: Qr. No. 3, South Gandhi Maidan, Patna-800001, Bihar.

6. A. H. Khan Chowdhary: C-1/6, Tilak Lane, N.D.

7. Mr. Tirmizi: D-4, Alif Apartments, Faiz Mohammed Society, Jain Merchant P.T. College Road, Paldi, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

8. Mr. Shaikh: Munshi Cottage, Opp. Shalimar Cinema, Shah-e-Alam, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

9. Mr. Muallim, At & Post Nandgaon, Tal: Murud-Janjira, Distt-Raigad, Maharasthra.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moinuddin_Chishti