The first meeting of the committee was held on 14 April 1927.[6] Prior to 2002 Haj Committee Act, the first attempt to grant legal recognition to the committee was made by the British which passed Port Haj Committees Act in 1932 and later in 1959, when Haj Committee Act was passed by Jawahar Lal Nehru headed Government.[7] Chaudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser currently serves as the Chairman of the Haj committee.[8] ASF-954-1-0