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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Jaleb Khan<br />
| office1 = [[MLA (India)|Member of the]] [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| office = [[Parliamentary secretary|Chief Parliamentary Secretary]], <br/>[[Government of Haryana]]<br />
| term_start = 27 July 2009<br />
| term_end = 26 July 2014<br />
| 1blankname = [[2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|Ministries and Departments]]<br />
| 1namedata = *Revenue and Disaster Management <br />
*Employment <br />
*Waqf <br />
*Mines and Geology<br />
| 2blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 2namedata = [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2009<br />
| term_end1 = 2014<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|7|15|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hathin]], [[British India]]<br />{{small|(present-day [[Haryana]], [[India]])}}<br />
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|9|18|1942|7|15|df=y}}<br />
| image =<br />
| constituency1 = [[Hathin Assembly constituency|Hathin]]<br />
| 3blankname = Governor<br />
| 3namedata = [[Jagannath Pahadia]]<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Baba (honorific)|Baba]] <br/> [[Chaudhary]]<br />
| children = [[Mohammad Israil]] <br />
}}<br />
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'''Chaudhary Jaleb Khan''' also known as '''Baba Jaleb Khan''' (born 15 July 1942) was an Indian politician who served as a [[Parliamentary secretary|Chief Parliamentary Secretary]] in the [[Government of Haryana]]. He was elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the]] [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Hathin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hathin constituency]] once in 2009 and served his complete term till 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jaleb Khan (Independent(IND)):Constituency- Hathin(FARIDABAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/ha2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=577 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=सुपुर्दे खाक किए गए पूर्व विधायक जलेब खां - |url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/palwal-jaleb-khan-16729114.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Hathin Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/hathin-haryana-assembly-constituency#2009 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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 (Chaudhary Mohd Israil, Mohd Sajid Khan). He was an [[Meo (ethnic group)|Ethnic Meo]] belonging to the [[Meo (ethnic group)#Pals and Gotras|Chhirkalot pal]]. His father was a famous [[Chaudhary]] in the [[Mewat|Mewat region]] of [[Haryana]]. He was not highly literate only being educated till grade 5.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Chaudhary Jaleb Khan contested the [[1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|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 politician|independent]] candidate, Harsh Kumar. It was in 2009 where he finally defeated Harsh Kumar despite himself being [[Independent politician|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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hathin constituency]] that year. Khan had a successful political career being elected as a [[Parliamentary secretary|Chief Parliamentary Secretary]] in the [[Government of Haryana]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
The people of [[Mewat]] gave Jaleb Khan the honorific title of [[Baba (honorific)|Baba]] (meaning father or respected elder) 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|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]] (previously Mewat district) of [[Haryana]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Mewat]]<br />
* [[Hathin Assembly constituency|Hathin Assembly Constituency]]<br />
* [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1942 births]]<br />
[[Category:2017 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Independent politicians in India]]<br />
[[Category:Haryana MLAs 2009–2014]]<br />
[[Category:People from Palwal district]]<br />
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