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Event - 1963-08-09

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Date: 
Friday, 1963, August 9
Location: 

Tanga Jamatkhana was officially opened by the Honourable Rashidi Jumaane Abdallah, Regional Commissioner of Tanga Region. Prince Karim Aga Khan sent his 'best loving blessings for the success you have had in the construction of the new Jamatkhana.'

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
person_place_reference: 
Tanga Jamatkhana, Tanzania


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