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HH THE AGA KHAN VISITS INDIA - 2006-09-20
India: His Highness the Aga Khan spent 4 days in India. He met officials in Dehli, layed the foundation stone of the AgaKhan Academy in Hyderabad, and also met with his followers.
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Wednesday, 2006, September 20 - India: His Highness the Aga Khan spent 4 days in India. He met officials in Dehli, layed the foundation stone of the AgaKhan Academy in Hyderabad, and also met with his followers.
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Speech by Chief Minister of Andra Pradesh, Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy-2009-09-22
Posted November 11th, 2009 by librarian-apIt gives me great pleasure and immense satisfaction to associate myself on the auspicious occasion of laying the foundation stone ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy at Hyderabad. His Highness Sri Aga Khan requires no introduction to this august gathering here. Yet to refresh our memories, Sri Aga Khan has become Imam at the age of 20, one of the youngest hereditary spiritual leaders in the world.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony of The Aga Khan Academy-2009-09-22
Posted November 11th, 2009 by librarian-apYour Excellency the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Honorable Ministers
Distinguished Guests
Ladies And Gentlemen
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Let me begin by thanking all of you for honoring us by joining in this celebration – at this truly magnificent site. We are most deeply grateful to all who helped to make this site available to our Academy program. Your generosity will be a continuing inspiration to us all.
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