Haryana Waqf Board
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Jurisdiction | Government of Haryana |
Headquarters | 50, Sardar Patel Marg, Ambala Cantonment, Haryana, 133001 29°24′30″N 76°29′23″E / 29.40833°N 76.48972°E |
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Website | http://www.haryanawaqfboard.com/ |
Haryana Waqf Board is a statutory board of the Government of Haryana in India.
History
The
Prior to 1966 when Haryana became a separate state, the State of Haryana was under the Punjab Waqf Board. The States of Punjab, India, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh created own separate Waqf Boards.[5]
The separate Haryana Waqf Board, was established by the
Head of the Institution
Zakir Hussain, former MLA from Nuh and Taoru, is the current Administrator of the Haryana Waqf Board.
Properties
The Haryana Waqf Board earned an income or INR 28.62 crore (INR 286 million) in 2012-13. It manages 12,505 waqf properties in Haryana state, including 4272 Mosques in the State of which 365 have been surveyed by the Waqf board. It pays monthly salary to 333 Imams, pension to poor Muslim widows, scholarships to poor Muslim students and operates Ghausia Dispensary in Panipat.[5]
Educational Institutes
More than 390 privately managed madrasas, 7 schools and a college are being given supplementary financial assistance from the Board. Following are owned and operated by Haryana Waqf board.[5]
- Mewat Engineering College in Nuh.[6]
- Iqbal Model School at Ambala Cantonment
- Hali Islamia Public School at Panipat
See also
- State Protected Monuments in Haryana
- List of Monuments of National Importance in Haryana
- , India & Pakistan
- National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of Haryana
- List of Indian states and territories by highest point
- Lists of Indian Monuments of National Importance
- Archaeological Survey of India
- Haryana Tourism
References
- ^ "Members". CFC website. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010.
- ^ Introduction Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine Tamilnadu Wakf Board website.
- ISBN 981-3016-07-8.
- ISBN 81-269-0637-5.
- ^ a b c d Haryana Waqf Board
- ^ "Mewat Engineering College".
External links
- Haryana Waqf Board official website
- District-wise list of Haryana Waqf Board owned properties
- 405 Mosques directly managed by the Haryana Waqf Board
- List of 4,272 gazetted Mosques notified by the Haryana Govt
- 24 gazetted Dargah directly managed by the Haryana Waqf Board
- List of 597 gazetted Dargah notified by the Haryana Govt