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Aga Khan III Event - 1935

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.

Aga Khan III Event - 1935-01-08

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

Aga Khan III Event - 1934-09-27
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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...'
In the same year, the Aga Khan III made another speech whose video is on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/PcT-9D1x48E

Aga Khan III Event - 1934-04-01

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

Aga Khan III Event - 1934-03-13

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

Aga Khan III Event - 1934

Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III also became the Privy Councillor to His Imperial Majesty.
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Aga Khan III Event - 1934

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

Aga Khan III Event - 1933-12-15

December 1933 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamats of Mumbai, India various times between December 15th and December 31st.

Aga Khan III Event - 1933-02-02

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.

Aga Khan III Event - 1933-01-17

January 17, 1933 - Prince Sadrudin was born to Princess Andree Carron, third wife of Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III, in the American Hospital at Neuilly, outside Paris.

Aga Khan III Event - 1932-02-19
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February 19, 1932 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III addressed the Disarmament Conference at Geneva, Switzerland in his capacity as Delegate of India to the League of Nations at the fourteenth meeting. He said, 'The basis of all security is a foreign policy rooted in mutual goodwill and cooperation; a foreign policy in which no country covets its neighbour's possessions or seeks to infringe its moral and spiritual rights.'

Aga Khan III Event - 1932

In 1932 Lady Alyshah visited England. Large crowds of people had come to see the 'mother of the great and distinguished man.' She received an audience by the late King George V and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace and the title of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India was bestowed upon her. She was also awarded the Jubilee Medal at the time of the King's Silver Jubilee.
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Aga Khan III Event - 1931-11-12
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November 12, 1931 - The second Round Table Conference was held in London, England which was to discuss Indo-British relations. Mahatma Gandhi represented the Congress of India and had the first meeting of the Conference in the room of Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III at the Ritz Hotel.

Aga Khan III Event - 1931-11-11
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November 11, 1931 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III made the famous speech 'If I were a Dictator' which was broadcast from the BBC radio of London.

If I were Dictator
Source: Message by The Aga Khan
(The Listener, 11th November 1931.)

Aga Khan III Event - 1931-11-02

November 2, 1931 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave an interview to The Daily Sketch of London in which he shared many personal views on spiritual happiness, marriage, poetry, natural landscapes etc. He said, 'Poetry is the voice of God speaking through the lips of man' ([1] 866)

MORE THOUGHTS ON HUMAN HAPPINESS - By Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah - 1931-11-02
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Articles written by or Interviews granted of His Highness Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah - The Aga Khan III
Published by Mr Ismail M. Jaffer. Ismaili House, Bombay, India.

THERE IS HAPPINESS IN RELIGION, NATURE, ART AND SPORT

Aga Khan III Event - 1931-09-27

September 27, 1931 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave a Radio Broadcast Address to the United States of America which was printed in The Times of London.

Aga Khan III Event - 1930-12-08

December 8, 1930 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote a forward to Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah's book on Persia and said, 'For these reasons, I think Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shahs's books, and especially this latest book on Persia - should be read by those in the West who want to see the East through Oriental eyes.' ([1] 859)

Aga Khan III Event - 1930-12-01

December 1, 1930 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave an interview with W.R Titterton of the 'The Daily Herald' in London and he talked about his interest in horses, his personal concern for India and its welfare, he regarded himself as the citizen of the world, and other interesting topics.
He said, 'But for many years now, I have been a citizen of the world, above all of Europe.
And let me say here how much it matter that I should know well the languages of Europe...
...Nothing matters to me now as much as this: to use all my influence -- in Europe and in Asia -- to

Aga Khan III Event - 1930-11-21

November 21, 1930 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III attended the Round Table Conference in London, and was asked to make a speech. In this speech, he talked about almost all the important views that were already expressed, the unanimity on self government, and he also gave assurances to the British commercial interests and also talked about establishing a federal scheme that would lead to full self-government and responsibility.


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