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{{Infobox political party
| name = All India Meo Sabha
| native_name = आल इंडिया मेव सभा
| logo = File:All india meo sabha logo.png
| convenor =
| founded = 1967
| ideology = [[Ethnic nationalism]]
| country = [[India]]
| founder = [[Chaudhary Rahim Khan]]
| regional = [[Mewat]], [[Haryana]]
}}
The '''All India Meo Sabha''' (<small>English: All India Assembly for Meos</small>) (abbreviation: '''AIMS''') is an Indian [[political organisation]] and advocacy group based primarily in the [[Mewat|Mewat region]] of [[Haryana]]. It was founded by the Late [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)]], [[Chaudhary Rahim Khan]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shri Rahim Khan MP biodata Faridabad {{!}} ENTRANCE INDIA |url=https://entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/shri-rahim-khan-member-of-parliament-mp-from-faridabad-haryana-biodata/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Chaudhary Rahim Khan MP addressing a congregation of the All India Meo Sabha.jpg|left|thumb|a picture of [[Chaudhary Rahim Khan]] addressing a congregation of the All India Meo Sabha.]]
The All India Meo Sabha was founded by the Late [[Chaudhary Rahim Khan]] in 1967. It was responsible for uniting the 'Meo Samaj' ([[Meo (ethnic group)|Mewati people]]) that were scattered across [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Delhi]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]], post [[Indian independence movement|independence]]. The organization under the leadership of [[Chaudhary Rahim Khan]] made demands for a [[university]] in [[Mewat]], extension of [[Railway track|railway lines]] to the [[Mewat|Mewat region]] of [[Rajasthan]] and [[Haryana]], as well as the recognition of the [[Meo (ethnic group)|ethnic Meos]] as part of the [[Other Backward Class|Other Backwards Class]] in India and granting them reservations accordingly due to their economically and educationally disadvantaged status in [[Indian society]].<ref>{{Citation |title=चौधरी रहीम खां और उसका मेवात {{!}}{{!}} CHOUDHARY RAHEEM KHAN AND IT'S MEWAT |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lL1NFT65M |access-date=2023-09-09 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Ch._Rahim_Khan_MP_with_Rajiv_Gandhi.jpg|alt=Choudhary Rahim Khan with the Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi.|thumb|285x285px|A committee of the All India Meo Sabha led by [[Chaudhary Rahim Khan]] with himself to the right of the late [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Rajiv Gandhi]].]]

== Achievements ==

* [[Ethnic Meos]] are now recognised as a part of the [[Other Backward Class|Other Backwards Class]] classification in the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF BACKWARD CLASSES IN HARYANA STATE |url=https://haryanascbc.gov.in/reservation-in-haryana/list-of-backward-classes |website=Directorate of Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Backward Classes, Government of Haryana}}</ref>
* [[Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College]] is the first and currently only [[Medical college|Medical College]] recognised by the [[Medical Council of India]] in the Mewat region of Haryana.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Page of the SHKM, Govt. Medical College, Nalhar, Mewat. |url=https://www.gmcmewat.ac.in/ |website=SHKM, Govt. Medical College, Nalhar, Mewat.}}</ref>
* There is also the Mewat Engineering College now functional in [[Nuh district|Nuh]], [[Haryana]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colleges {{!}} District Administration, Nuh {{!}} India |url=https://nuh.gov.in/public-utility-category/colleges/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Formation of Delhi-Nuh Railway Line as requested by [[Chaudhary Rahim Khan]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Finally, Central nod to Delhi-Nuh rail line |work=[[Tribune India]] |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/finally-central-nod-to-delhi-nuh-rail-line-213041 |access-date=10 September 2023}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Political organisations based in India]]

All India Meo Sabha - Revision history

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