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Event - 1961-10-16

Date: 
Monday, 1961, October 16
Location: 

Arrived in Bombay for a six-day tour of India.

person_place_reference: 
H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV


Speech

SPEECH BY HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE KARIM AGA KHAN-1961-10-16

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Source: 
Speeches, Ii, Pp. 75-76

Mr. Chairman, Chief Minister, Your Worship the Mayor, Sheriff of Bombay, Ladies and Gentlemen:

I would like to begin by thanking the Chairman and Members of the Maharashtra Friendship Society for their very kind address and reception. My visit to Bombay is short and I am, therefore, all the more appreciative that this reception should be on my day of arrival.

It has given me the wonderful opportunity to meet once again the many friends whom I have not seen since my last visit here.

SPEECH BY HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE KARIM AGA KHAN at Maharashtra Friendship Society - 1961-10-16

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On 16th October 1961, the Maharashtra Friendship Society held a reception at Bombay (Bharat) in honour of His Royal Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan.

Speaking on that occasion, His Royal Highness pleaded for world peace and hoped that the statesmen of the world would do everything in their power to prevent a global war. The full text of the speech is given below.

Mr. Chairman, Chief Minister, Your Worship the Mayor, Sheriff of Bombay, Ladies and Gentlemen:

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SPEECH BY HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE KARIM AGA KHAN at Maharashtra Friendship Society - 1961-10-16

8300769p.jpg

On 16th October 1961, the Maharashtra Friendship Society held a reception at Bombay (Bharat) in honour of His Royal Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan.

Speaking on that occasion, His Royal Highness pleaded for world peace and hoped that the statesmen of the world would do everything in their power to prevent a global war. The full text of the speech is given below.

Mr. Chairman, Chief Minister, Your Worship the Mayor, Sheriff of Bombay, Ladies and Gentlemen:

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