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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Dargah Committee, Dargah Khwaja Sahab, Ajmer<br />
| formation = Dargah Khwaja Saheb Act, 1955<br />
| purpose = To administrate arrangements, functions and maintenance of Dargah Sharif endowments<br />
| headquarters = [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah]], Ajmer<br />
| leader_title = President<br />
| leader_name = Sayed Sahid Hussain Rizvi<br />
| leader_title2 = Vice President<br />
| leader_name2 = Munawar Khan<br />
| leader_title3 = Nazim & CEO<br />
| leader_name3 = Md Nadeem<br />
| affiliations = [[Ministry of Minority Affairs]], [[Government of India]]<br />
| website = http://gharibnawaz.minorityaffairs.gov.in<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dargah Committee Dargah Khwaja Saheb, Ajmer,''' is a statutory body constituted by the [[Ministry of Minority Affairs]], [[Government of India]], under the provisions of Section 5 of the Dargah Khwaja Saheb Act, 1955 for the administration of [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah|Dargah Sharif]], [[Ajmer]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Dargah Committee - Dargah Khwaja Sahab - Ajmer |url=http://gharibnawaz.in/beta/aboutDargahCommetty.php |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=gharibnawaz.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2018 |title=Centre forms Ajmer dargah panel, appoints 9 members |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ajmer/centre-forms-ajmer-dargah-panel-appoints-9-members/articleshow/64485857.cms |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Creation ==<br />
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The Dargah Khwaja Saheb Act, passed by the [[Parliament of India]] in 1955, provided for the creation of the Dargah Committee as a statutory body to manage the Dargah Sharif in Ajmer. The Dargah Committee is appointed by the Government and manages donations, takes care of the maintenance of the shrine, and runs charitable institutions like dispensaries, and guest houses for the devotees.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ugly face of shrine bodies on show|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/opinion/sudhanshu-mishra/story/ugly-face-of-shrine-bodies-on-show-again-113735-2012-08-19|publisher=India Today|first=Sudhanshu|last=Mishra|date=20 August 2012|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref><br />
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== Functions ==<br />
* To administer, control and manage Dargah Endowment.<br />
* Arrangements of the [[Urs]] of [[Mu'in al-Din Chishti|Khwaja Saheb]] and his Peer-o-Murseed [[Usman Harooni|Khwaja Usman Harooni]] every year.<br />
* Providing free [[Langar (Sufism)|langar]] twice a day.<br />
* To receive money and other income of Dargah Endowment and spent in sound manner.<br />
* To determine the privileges of the Khadims and to regulate their presence in the Dargah by the grant of them licenses in that behalf, if the Committee thinks it necessary.<br />
* Arrangements of [[Unani medicine|Unani]] and [[Homeopathy|Homeopathic]] dispensaries and supply of free medicine.<br />
* Maintenance of [[Khwaja Model School]] and Darul Uloom Moinia Usmaniya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction |url=http://www.khwajamodelschool.com/TextContentTemplate.aspx?id=19 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.khwajamodelschool.com}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah]]<br />
* [[Mu'in al-Din Chishti|Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/sites/default/files/Dargah%20Bye%20Laws.pdf Dargah Khwaja Saheb Act, 1955]<br />
*[http://gharibnawaz.in/beta/index.php Dargah Committee Official Website]<br />
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