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September 13, 1937 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III addressed the League of Nation's Assembly in his capacity as President. He said, 'With warmth of feeling at heart than I can bring to my lips, I thank you. You have done India, my country, a great honour and my delight is undisguised.'

September 12, 1937 - Prince Amyn Mohammed, the second grandson of Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III, was born to Prince Aly Khan and Princess Taj-ud-Doulah. His name had been chosen by Lady Aly Shah, mother of Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III.

February 1937 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamats of Dar-es- Salaam various times between February 1st and February 15th.

March 1937 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamat of Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya various times between January 19th and March 10th 1937.

Golden Jubilee Celebrations in Africa were held in Nairobi for Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III where Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III was weighed against gold.
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September 29, 1936 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III addressed the 17th session of the League of Nations, Assembly at Geneva in his capacity as First Delegate of India. He said, '...change is the very essence of life. If the League is to be a living organism, it too must change, or like all living organisms, perish.'

January 19, 1936 - Golden Jubilee Celebrations were held in India where Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III was weighed against gold in Bombay. Also present during the ceremony was Begum Andree Caron. |

Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III's horse, Mahmoud (100 to 8) won the Derby with his other horse, Taj Akbar, coming in second (6 to 1). This was a third Derby win for Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III.
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Prince Aly Khan married Joan Yarde-Buller (Mrs. Loel Guinness) in Paris. The wedding took place at the Town Hall followed by a religious ceremony in the Paris Mosque. She was later known as Princess Taj-ud-Doulah and was the mother of Prince Karim (our 49th Imam) and Prince Amyn.
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September 13, 1935 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III addressed the 16th session of the League of Nations at Geneva in his capacity as the First Delegate of India. He said, 'A wise man learns from the past; he does not let the past master him. Let us not shrink from recognising the realities in us and around us...'

August 17, 1935 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III celebrated 50 years of Holy Imamat. Ismailis around the world began preparations for Golden Jubilee and the ceremony of weighing the Holy Imam in gold was held in Bombay. The Golden Jubilee celebrations were however interrupted in January 1936 upon the death of King George V. Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III sent a message to Ismailis in which he said, 'I am deeply touched to hear the terrible news of the death of the King-Emperor. I have decided to stop all activities in connection with My Golden Jubilee celebrations...'

Summer 1935 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III's horse Bahram won The Triple Crown of the Turf - The Two Thousand Guineas, the Derby at Epsom and the St. Leger. At Derby, Bahram carried the supposed unlucky number 13. Thus for India this became the second Blue Riband for the second year in succession.

January 1935 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamats of Mumbai, India various times between January 8th and February 26th.

September 27, 1934 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III addressed the Assembly of the League of Nations (15th session) at Geneva in his capacity as the First Delegate of India. He remarked on the entry of Afghanistan as a member, 'To a Muslim like myself, it is no small thing that another Islamic nation is today entering the League, for I am convinced that her entry will strengthen the League in far greater measure than the number of her subjects...'

April 1934 - The Third Round Table Conference, known officially as The Joint Select Committee, assembled in London to discuss the future of India.

March 13, 1934 -Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamat of Rangoon, Burma.

January 1934 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamats of Mumbai, India various times between January 1st and February 22nd.

Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III also became the Privy Councillor to His Imperial Majesty.
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December 1933 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamats of Mumbai, India various times between December 15th and December 31st.

February 2, 1933 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III addressed the Third Disarmament Conference of the League of Nations at Geneva in his capacity as the Delegate of India. He remarked that in Asia, all sections of society were convinced that in science and invention, Western culture had reached a far higher standard than Asians, but the peoples of Asia did not admit any superiority in the West in the realms of spirit and morals.