Jaleb Khan

Chaudhary Jaleb Khan also known as Baba Jaleb Khan was an Indian politician who served as a Chief Parliamentary Secretary in the Government of Haryana. He was elected as a Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Hathin constituency once in 2009 and served his complete term till 2014.

Early life

Chaudhary Jaleb Khan was born to Chaudhary Suleiman on 15 July 1942 in the village of Kot/Uttawar in Haryana. Jaleb khan has Two son. He was an Ethnic Meo belonging to the Chhirkalot pal. His father was a famous Chaudhary in the Mewat region of Haryana. He was not highly literate only being educated till grade 5.

Chaudhary Jaleb Khan contested the Haryana Legislative Assembly elections in 1996 independent where he earned 10069 votes and came in third position. Then he contested again in 2005 under the Indian National Congress where he lost by a margin of 8,830 ballots against the independent candidate, Harsh Kumar. It was in 2009 where he finally defeated Harsh Kumar despite himself being independent and Harsh Kumar receiving the Indian National Congress ticket by a margin of 6473 votes garnering a total of 29.59% of the total ballots in the Hathin constituency that year. Khan had a successful political career being elected as a Chief Parliamentary Secretary in the Government of Haryana.

The people of Mewat gave Jaleb Khan the honorific title of Baba due to his simplistic lifestyle. He was also known for promoting Hindu-Muslim unity in his region of Hathin, which has the significantly higher Hindu population compared to other areas of the Mewat region of Haryana. He is also known to be the individual who asked for Hathin to become a constituent of Palwal district rather than the Nuh district of Haryana.