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Aga Khan Receives India’s Padma Vibhushan Award 2015-04-08
Posted April 8th, 2015 by librarian-hdNew Delhi, India, 8 April, 2015 –His Excellency Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, today awarded His Highness the Aga Khan the Padma Vibhushan, one of the country’s highest civilian decorations, for his contributions to social development in India.
The award, which was bestowed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi as part of the commemoration of India’s 66th Republic Day, was also awarded to actor Amitabh Bhachchan, philanthropist Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade and renowned nuclear scientist, Malur Ramasamy Srinivasan, amongst others.
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Prince Karim Aga Khan calls on PM Narendra Modi 2015-04-08
Posted April 8th, 2015 by librarian-hdNew Delhi: Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, Prince Karim Aga Khan, called on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today. He is currently on a visit to India, and will be awarded the Padma Vibhushan by President Pranab Mukherjee tomorrow.
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Remarks by H H.The Aga Khan at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for the Humayan’s Tomb Site Museum in Delhi, 2015-04-07
Posted April 8th, 2015 by librarian-hdBismillah-ir-Rahim-ir-Rahim
Honorable Minister of Tourism and Culture Dr. Mahesh Sharma
Secretary Mr. Ravindra Singh
Secretary Dr. Lalit Panwar
You have been most generous with your comments this afternoon and I thank you warmly for the encouragement you have given to the people of the Trust for Culture and myself. And I would like to begin these comments by repeating what I said when the foundation-stone was laid sometime ago of the restoration of the Humayun’s Tomb.
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Work on Humayun’s museum begins Tuesday 2015-04-06
Posted April 6th, 2015 by librarian-hdWork will start on the construction of the “country’s first” sunken museum on April 7 at the iconic Humayun’s Tomb site, which after its completion in 2017 will showcase the heritage of the Nizamuddin Area over the last seven centuries.
Expected to be completed in 30 months, the project has been pledged a fund of Rs 49 crore from the tourism ministry. Inspired from the medieval baolis (water tanks) of northern India, the underground site museum, with a built-up area of 9,000 square metre, will marry modern 21st century architecture with Mughal-era craftsmanship in its design.
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Visit of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan to India (April 06-11, 2015) 2015-04-06
Posted April 6th, 2015 by librarian-hdVisit of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan to India (April 06-11, 2015)
April 06, 2015
As on 06th April, 2015 at 1600 hrs
Visit of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, to India from 06-11 April, 2015
Monday, April 06, 2015
1930 hrs
Arrive Delhi
Venue: Air Force Station Palam
Photo Op: AV Media
Tuesday, April 07, 2015
1100 hrs
Meeting with Vice President
Venue: 6, Maulana Azad Road
Photo Op: Agencies only
1540 hrs
Meeting with Prime Minister
Venue: 7, Race Course Road
1725 hrs
Visit Humayun’s Tomb
Venue: Humayun’s Tomb
Contact Organiser
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Mughal Art and Architecture to Be Highlights of New Humayun's Tomb Site Museum 2015-04-06
Posted April 6th, 2015 by librarian-hdDelhi, India, April 2015 – As part of its continued efforts to restore and revitalise the areas around Humayun's Tomb, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and its partners will begin construction on a site museum and visitor's centre in Delhi.
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H.H. The Aga Khan to visit India 2015-04-06
Posted April 6th, 2015 by librarian-hd2015, April 6: Government of India announced the visit of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan to India from Monday, 6th April, 2015 to Saturday, 11th April, 2015. His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan arrives in New Delhi on Monday, 6th April, 2015 and is expected to meet with the highest levels of Government of India leadership including the Vice President and Prime Minister on Tuesday, 7th April, 2015.
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Haripur Gir Jamatkhana, Gujarat, India
This Jamatkhana comes in Chitravad Gir Local council, Junagadh regional council. Haripur Gir Jamatkhana is Small and
sweet JAMATKHANA IN RURAL AREA. Most of the Ismailis are belongs to agricultural (farming) this is very spiritual Jamat.
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Delhi to get its first sunken museum 2012-05-26
Posted January 3rd, 2014 by librarian-hdThe Capital will have its first sunken interpretation centre linking three historic sites -- Humayun's Tomb, Sundar Nursery and Nizamuddin Basti -- if multiple agencies required to give clearances come together and give the go-ahead for the project.
Interpretation centres, popularly known as site museums that detail the history of a cultural or natural heritage, have been largely missing from the Indian arena. The project, a first of its kind in the country, has been conceptualised and designed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
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Aga Khan Trust to conserve Qutub Shahi Tombs 2013-01-10
Posted December 27th, 2013 by librarian-ajAga Khan Trust to conserve Qutub Shahi Tombs Hyderabad: The Aga Khan Trust for Culture has come forward to take up the task of conserving and beautifying Qutub Shahi Tombs here.
The trust will spend Rs.90 crore over the next five years for the purpose.
A memorandum of understanding on this was signed Wednesday among Department of Archaeology and Museums, Quli Qutb Shah Urban Development Authority and Aga Khan Trust in the presence of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration Ceremony for the Restoration of Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi, India 2013-09-18
Posted October 14th, 2013 by librarian-hdBismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Your Excellency Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Minister for Culture Shrimati Chandresh Kumari Katoch
Mr. Ratan Tata
Honorable Ministers, Excellencies
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
Let me first extend my special thanks to the Prime Minister, whose presence honours all of us.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration Ceremony of The Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad, India 2013-09-20
Posted October 14th, 2013 by librarian-hdBismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Your Excellency, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Kiran Kumar Reddy
Your Excellency, Honourable Union Minister for Human Resources Development, Dr Pallam Raju
Honourable Ministers
Distinguished Guests
Staff and students of the Aga Khan Academies in Mombasa and in Mozambique
Ladies and Gentlemen
It is great joy for me to welcome you on this wonderful occasion. And I want to begin these comments by thanking the Chief Minister for his and his government’s support to the creation of this institution.
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Walk The Talk with His Highness Aga Khan 2013-10-05
Posted October 8th, 2013 by librarian-hdThis week we travel to outskirts of Hyderabad to interview His Highness The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Community and Founder and Chairman of The Aga Khan Development Network. He speaks about how he bridges the east and the west and brings different communities together. He says that the modern world suffers from ignorance rather than civilization. He also speaks about how his academy is devoid of caste, religion and sect. And about how his life changed after the World Trade Centre plane crash in 2001.
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Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad, India to Be Inaugurated 2013-09-20
Posted September 21st, 2013 by librarian-hdHyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, September 2013 - The Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad is a new, not-for-profit school situated on a 100-acre campus near the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. It will be inaugurated by the Union Minister of Human Resources and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in the presence of His Highness the Aga Khan, founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.
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New Delhi: One of New Delhi's most famous monuments, a mausoleum that inspired the Taj Mahal, will be officially unveiled today after a six-year refit that has seen it restored to its original form. Humayun's Tomb, completed in 1570 by the Islamic Mughal dynasty that ruled most of northern India for more than three centuries, is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the biggest draws for visitors to the Indian capital.
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Prince Karim Aga Khan IV to meet Manmohan Singh today
Posted September 18th, 2013 by librarian-hdNew Delhi: Spiritual leader Prince Karim Aga Khan IV will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Wednesday.
Aga Khan IV, who arrived on an official visit to India for 11 days, will meet Dr Singh at the latter's official 7, Race Course Road (RCR) here at 12: 30 pm.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will then call on the visiting dignitary at around 3 pm at Hotel Taj Mahal here.
Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will host a banquet in honour of the spiritual leader at the Hyderabad House here at 7: 45 pm.
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Aga Khan on a 12-day visit of India 2013-09-17
Posted September 18th, 2013 by librarian-hdPress Trust of India New Delhi
Aga Khan, the chairman of Aga Khan Development network, arrived here today on a 12-day India visit during which he will meet President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President Hamid Ansari.
Khan would preside over an inauguration ceremony to mark the completion of the restoration of Humayun's Tomb Heritage site tomorrow.
The restoration work at the heritage site has been carried out by the Aga Khan Trust.
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Revitalisation to Begin on Quli Qutb Shah
Posted February 17th, 2013 by librarian-hdAga Khan Development Network Revitalisation to Begin on Quli Qutb Shah
Archaeological Park in Hyderabad, India
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