YearTitleTextEvent Type

Aga Khan III Event - 1923-02-06

February 1923 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited the Jamat of Rajkot between February 6th and February 14th 1923.

Aga Khan III Event - 1923-01-23

January 23, 1923 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote a letter to 'The Times of India', Bombay, printed on 26 January 1923. He spoke of relations between Indians and the white settlers in Kenya, the danger to the interests of the British Empire, the immediate threat in East Africa and Indian respect for law and order. ([1] 744)

Aga Khan III Event - 1923-01-15

January 15, 1923 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave a speech at the Anjuman-i-Islamia High School in Bombay regarding counsel to the Muslims of India. Source: 'The Times of India', Bombay, 16 January 1923. 'The Civil and Military Gazette', Lahore, carried a shorter report circulated by the Associated Press on 18 January.

Aga Khan III Event - 1923

Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III was awarded with the title of G.C.V.O -Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
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Aga Khan III Event - 1923

Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III visited Deauville in 1923.
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Aga Khan III Event - 1922-12-15

December 15, 1922 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave an interview with 'The Times of India', Bombay, 16 December 1922. 'The Civil and Military Gazette' also carried the interview on the same date.

Aga Khan III Event - 1922-06-21

June 21, 1922 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote an article for 'The Times', London, 10 October 1922 from The Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, London, where the Aga Khan normally stayed on his short visits to London.
'People must not think that Mohammadans are living in a very backward condition.
I have even found an aged Mullah, who did not know a word of English, studying a
translation of 'The Statesman's Yearbook' which had been specially prepared so that
he might know the resources of the various countries...' (Aziz; 731)

Aga Khan III Event - 1922-06-07

June 7, 1922 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote a letter to 'The Times', London, printed on 8 June 1922, regarding the mortality of cancer. He spoke of the effects of tea and coffee, its prevalence in India and other eastern countries, and the question of whether or not cancer is more common in the West. ([1] 724)

Aga Khan III Event - 1922-02-03

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February 3, 1922 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave an interview with 'The Bombay Chronicle' regarding issues in Indian Politics. The full text was printed in 'The Bombay Chronicle', Bombay, 4 February 1922. ([1] 720)

The Interview is attached here.

Aga Khan III Event - 1921-11-08

November 8, 1921 - Paris: Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III sent a letter to 'The Times' regarding making peace with Turkey, printed 12 November 1921. The address from Paris is not known.

Aga Khan III Event - 1921-07-08

July 8, 1921 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III sent a telegram regarding the Indian Muslim concern for Turkey, to Lord Reading, which was printed in 'The Morning Post', London, 9 July 1921. ([1] 710)

Aga Khan III Event - 1921-03-13

March 13, 1921 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III delivered a speech at the farewell luncheon to Lord and Lady Reading. Source: 'The Times', London, 14 March 1921.
'I am confident that...there could be no better augury for the success for the application of Lord Reading's great qualities of mind and heart to India than the revision of the Turkish Peace Treaty, on lines acceptable to Indian Settlement.' (Aziz; 706)

Aga Khan III Event - 1921-01-22

January 22, 1921 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III gave an interview with the Press that was printed in 'The Civil and Military Gazette', Lahore, 25 January 1921. The full text of the interview was circulated by the Associated Pres of India. The main topic of the interview was India's connection with Britain. ([1] 704)

Aga Khan III Event - 1921

Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh University.
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Aga Khan III Event - 1921

1921 - Bombay: Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote the foreword to H.P. Mody's biography of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, called Remembering Sir Pherozeshah Mehta.
'It is with great reluctance that I have accepted the author's kind invitation to write this Foreword,
for I am well aware of my shortcomings for the task. Unlike many others happily still alive, I did not get
to know Sir Pherozeshah till the very evening of his life...' (Aziz; 716)

also:
Sir Pherozeshah: A Political Biography The Times of India Press, Bombay, 1921.

Aga Khan III Event - 1920-11-06

November 6, 1920 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote an article for 'the Times', London, 6 November 1920. It described the British Policy in the East. He wrote of the conditions under which Bolshevism would flourish in India, restoring to the Indian army the primary task of defending India, he made comparisons between Egypt and Mesopotamia among other such topics. ([1] 698)

Aga Khan III Event - 1920-11-05

November 5, 1920 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III wrote a special article, headlined 'British Policy in the East: The Aga Khan's Protest: What Indians are Thinking: A Reasoned Warning' for 'The Times', London.

Aga Khan III Event - 1920

Due to the efforts of Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III, Aligarh College was upgraded to the status of University.
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Aga Khan III Event - 1919-12-19

December 19, 1919 - Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III delivered a speech at a dinner in honour of E.S. Montagu, in London at the Savoy Hotel, to celebrate the passing of the Governemnt of India Bill in appreciation of E.S. Montagu's services to India.

Aga Khan III Event - 1919-12-12

December 12, 1919 - London: Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III delivered a memorial to the Prime Minister of England on behalf of His Majesty's Muslim Subjects, where he spoke of the dimensions of the Turkish problem.


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