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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:16 am Post subject: Aga Khan meets Indian Minister of State for External Affairs
May 12th, 2008 - 3:30 pm
New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): Religious leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, the Aga Khan met Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmed here today.
The Aga Khan, who arrived here this morning, is scheduled to meet President Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and other leaders.
During his eight-day visit to India, the Aga Khan will also visit Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra to participate in programmes being organised in connection with the Ismaili community’s commemoration of his Golden Jubilee, the Aga Khan’s 50th year as Imam of the community.
The Aga Khan will depart for Dhaka from Mumbai on May 19.
The Aga Khan is the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) working to improve living conditions and opportunities of people in sub-Sahara Africa, Central and South Asia and West Asia. AKDN’s nine development agencies with an annual budget of over 350 million dollar focus on social, cultural and economic development irrespective of race, religion, political persuasion or gender.
Mawlana Hazar Imam meets with Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Photo: Gary OtteThis morning, Mawlana Hazar Imam landed in New Delhi, commencing his eight-day Golden Jubilee visit of India. He was received at the airport by the Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr E. Ahmad, the Foreign Secretary, Mr Shivshankar Menon, the Chief of Protocol for the Government of India, Mr Sunil Lal, and leaders of the Jamat in India.
During the course of the day, Mawlana Hazar Imam met with the Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr E. Ahmad, the Honourable Vice President, Mr Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and the Chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance, Mrs Sonia Gandhi.
Additional photographs are available in the gallery. Further details about the visit will continue to be posted at www.TheIsmaili.org.
Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi (R) and the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, pose for photographers before their meeting in New Delhi May 12, 2008. Khan is on a week-long official visit to India.
REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (INDIA)
The Aga Khan (L), spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, speaks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during their meeting in New Delhi May 12, 2008. Khan is on a week-long official visit to India.
REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA)
Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi (R) shakes hands with the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, before their meeting in New Delhi May 12, 2008. Khan is on a week-long official visit to India.
REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (INDIA)
The spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims Aga Khan arrived here this morning on a week-long visit to commemorate his 50th year as the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
The Aga Khan will meet President Pratibha Patil, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other top leaders during his two-day stay in the capital.
He travels to Hyderabad on Wednesday where he had laid the foundation stone of the Aga Khan Academy about two years back.
The 71-year-old spiritual leader of millions of Ismail Muslims across the world will also hold discussions with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition L K Advani.
Aga Khan is also scheduled to visit Mumbai and Ahmedabad later in the week before leaving for a tour of Bangladesh on Monday next.
The Aga Khan Foundation set up by the spiritual leader is involved in many philanthropic activities and had played a key role in the renovation of the Humayun's Tomb in the capital.
The Foundation runs educational institutions including universities in countries like the UK, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Syria and Egypt.
Muslim spiritual leader Aga Khan meets PM
New Delhi, May 12: Muslim spiritual leader Aga Khan on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and discussed the state of minorities in the country.
During the meeting, Singh is understood to have apprised the Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims about the steps being taken by the government to improve the lot of the minorities.
Khan, who arrived here this morning on a week-long visit to commemorate his 50th year as the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, also met President Pratibha Patil and Vice President Hamid Ansari.
After his two-day stay here, 71-year-old spiritual leader of millions of Ismaili Muslims will travel to Hyderabad on Wednesday where he had laid the foundation stone of the Aga Khan academy about two years back.
Aga Khan is also scheduled to visit Mumbai and Ahmedabad later in the week and depart for a tour of Bangladesh on Monday next.
The Aga Khan Foundation set up by the spiritual leader is involved in many philanthropic activities and had played a key role in the renovation of the Humayun's tomb in the capital.
The foundation runs educational institutions including universities in countries like the UK, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Syria and Egypt.
Pratibha Patil
New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): Religious leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, the Aga Khan met Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmed here today.
The Aga Khan, who arrived here this morning, is scheduled to meet President Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and other leaders.
During his eight-day visit to India, the Aga Khan will also visit Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra to participate in programmes being organised in connection with the Ismaili community’s commemoration of his Golden Jubilee, the Aga Khan’s 50th year as Imam of the community.
The Aga Khan will depart for Dhaka from Mumbai on May 19.
The Aga Khan is the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) working to improve living conditions and opportunities of people in sub-Sahara Africa, Central and South Asia and West Asia.
AKDN’s nine development agencies with an annual budget of over 350 million dollar focus on social, cultural and economic development irrespective of race, religion, political persuasion or gender. (ANI)
His Highness the Aga Khan called-on the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 13, 2008. During the meeting discussions were held about the activities of the Aga Khan Development Network.
Aga Khan focuses on madrassa reforms, heritage monuments (Lead)
New Delhi | May 13, 2008 9:45:14 PM IST
The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, Tuesday called on President Pratibha Patil and discussed a host of issues, including reforms in madrassa education and the conservation of monuments in India.
The Aga Khan, who is on a week-long trip to India, met Patil for about half-hour.
According to official sources, the 70-year-old leader - also known as Prince Karim Aga Khan IV - spoke enthusiastically about the need for reforms in Islamic religious schools.
He talked about the possibility of replicating a programme of reform of madrassa education at the Aga Khan's Educational Institution in Hyderabad, said an official.
The Ismaili leader also visited Humayun's Tomb and Sundar Nursery to survey the progress of a project for the revitalization of several cultural heritage buildings located in Nizamuddin area in the heart of the capital.
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Aga Khan Foundation forged a partnership with several Indian government agencies, including the Archaeological Survey of India, for the preservation of these historic buildings in 2004.
The project is modelled on the Bagh-e-Babur integrated conservation project being implemented by the Aga Khan Trust in Kabul, Afghanistan.
He also met Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani.
The Aga Khan arrived here Monday on a visit that marks his 50th year as the imam of over 25 million Shia Ismailis worldwide.
The Aga Khan Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
The Aga Khan, one of the world's pre-eminent philanthropists and businessmen who runs one of the largest private development networks focusing on the poor, will go to Hyderabad, Mumbai and Ahmedabad before he heads to Dhaka May 19.
In Mumbai, the Aga Khan - one of the world's wealthiest Muslim investors - will get a grand reception from the 6,000-odd Ismaili Muslims in the city.
In Gujarat, he will meet Chief Minister Narendra Modi and will also visit Siddhpur, a town in northern Gujarat that is home to a large Shia Ismaili community.
The Aga Khan last visited India in September 2006, when he laid the foundation of the Aga Khan Academy for Excellence in Education in Hyderabad.
Earlier, in 2004 the spiritual leader gave away the Aga Khan Award for Architecture at a presentation ceremony at Humayun's Tomb here.mc/am/vt
Members of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim
Members of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim community, wait to greet the Imam (spirtual leader) Aga Khan outside the Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad on May 14, 2008.The Aga Khan is on a one-day visit to the southern Indian city during his seven day official tour to India till May 19. AFP PHOTO /Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Imam (spirtual leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili muslims, the Aga Khan (R) greets with the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Rajashekar Reddy in Hyderabad on May 14, 2008. The Aga Khan is on a one-day visit to the southern Indian city during his seven day official tour to India till May 19. AFP PHOTO /Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Beautiful pictures, Admin. Thanks for keeping us posted.
Can anybody from India tell us if Hazar Imam was met with the same courtesies as he was accorded around other parts of the world, i.e. including the playing of our anthem and Ismaili flag flying side by side with the Indian flag?
High-level meet: Prince Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, with Governor Narayan Dutt Tiwari at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad on Wednesday -
HYDERABAD: Prince Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismailis, who arrived here on Wednesday on a five-hour visit to the city, met Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and reviewed the progress of the work of Aga Khan Academy coming up at Maheshwaram. Dr. Reddy requested him to expedite the work, while assuring the Government’s help and assistance.
Earlier, after arriving here by a special flight from New Delhi, the Prince drove straight to Maheshwaram to inspect the Academy’s work. He left for Mumbai in the evening.
Lensmen roughed up
The media coverage of the visit was marred by ugly incidents when press photographers were roughed up and pushed around. The first incident occurred at a five-star hotel in Banjara Hills where the visiting dignitary met Dr. Reddy. Several lensmen sustained minor injuries when the security personnel of the hotel roughed them up in the lift area. The Panjagutta police remained mute spectators. The security men said the photographers were not allowed to take pictures of the Chief Minister-Aga Khan meeting as the Information and Public Relations Department did not inform them about the invitation being extended to them.
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