Chaudhary Habib Ur Rehman (born 1 November 1957), 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 (previously Mewat District) of Haryana. He was elected as an Independent Member of Legislative Assembly once from the Nuh Assembly constituency.[1][2][3]

Habib Ur Rehman
Official portrait, 2005
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
27 February 2005 – 13 October 2009
Preceded byHamid Hussain
Succeeded byAftab Ahmed
ConstituencyNuh
State Vice-President,
Indian National Lok Dal
Assumed office
15 October 2023
National PresidentOm Prakash Chautala
Secretary GeneralAbhay Singh Chautala
State PresidentRampal Majra
Personal details
Born (1957-11-01) 1 November 1957 (age 67)
Punhana, Punjab, India
(present-day Haryana, India)
Political partyIndian National Lok Dal
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (2009-2023)
RelationsChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas (brother), Chaudhary Sardar Khan (uncle)
ParentChaudhary Rahim Khan (father)
Alma materYasin Meo Degree College (BA)
ProfessionTehsildar in the Government of Haryana (1983 - 1996)

Early life

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Habib Ur Rehman was born to Chaudhary Rahim Khan on 1 November 1957 in the village of Sultanpur-Punahana in Haryana. He is the youngest of three brothers and four sisters. His father was elected Member of Parliament from the Faridabad constituency in 1984 and served until his death on 18 December 1987. His father was also elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly three times independent from Nuh constituency and served as a Cabinet Minister twice in the Government of Haryana.

Political career

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Habib Ur Rehman won the 2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly elections from the Nuh Assembly constituency and served his complete term until 2009. He ran independent and defeated the Indian National Congress candidate, Aftab Ahmed by a margin of 4,359 votes with a total candidate voter turnout of 36,879 votes. [4]

He joined the Indian National Lok Dal party on 25 September 2023. He was then later nominated by Abhay Singh Chautala to be the State Vice-President of the Indian National Lok Dal on 15 October 2023.[5]

Habib Ur Rehman has not contested any election since his win in 2005.[6]

Personal

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Habib Ur Rehman speaks Hindi, Urdu and English fluently. He served as a Aukf officer in the Punjab Waqf Board for two years. He is married to Jaibun-Nishan and has 2 children, Parvez Habib Alam and Parveen Bano. He studied from Yasin Meo Degree College in Nuh, Haryana. He worked as a Tehsildar or Executive Magistrate in the Government of Haryana (1983 - 1996) before he was elected a Member of Legislative Assembly, this earned him the more well-known alias 'Nayab Sahab' during the time he was working as a Naib Tehsildar. [7]

Habib Ur Rehman comes from a prolific political dynasty highly influential in the Mewat region of Haryana. His brother, Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas, was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly four times and has served as a Cabinet Minister for two terms in the Government of Haryana. His uncle, Chaudhary Sardar Khan, was also elected Member of Legislative Assembly from Nuh Assembly constituency and has also served as Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of Haryana.[citation needed]

In 2009, he was responsible for the establishment of the first Medical College in the Mewat region of Haryana, Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College (SHKM GMC), alongside Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Rao Inderjit Singh, Dr. Krishna Pandit, and Azad Mohammad.[citation needed]

A street in Nuh, Haryana, "Nayab Wali Gali" (transl. 'Street of Nayab'), is also named after him. [citation needed]

Electoral performance

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Year Party Constituency Name Result Votes gained Vote share Margin
1996 Haryana Vikas Party Nuh Lost 6,602 9.83% 13,799
2000 Bahujan Samaj Party Lost 21,432 27.31% 10,022
2005 Independent Won 36,879 38.31% 4,359

References

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  1. ^ "HABIB-UR-REHMAN(Independent(IND)):Constituency- Nuh(Gurgaon) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: - https://myneta.info/hr2005/candidate.php?candidate_id=20". myneta.info. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. ^ "IndiaVotes AC: Haryana 2005". indiavotes.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Nuh Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Nuh Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. ^ INLD Rally Live: Kaithal में कितनी भीड़ जुटी? Congress से कौन रैली में आया?। Haryana Tak, 25 September 2023, retrieved 25 September 2023
  6. ^ "Nuh Former MLA Habib ur Rehman joins INLD. Meeting with workers; Said - Everyone will work together, will hoist the party flag". Dainik Bhaskar. 27 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Haryana Vidhan Sabha Who's Who 2005" (PDF). Haryana Vidhan Sabha History. 2 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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