Aga Khan IV - Timeline - 1967
January 24, 1967: The Aga Khan Foundation was established with headquarters in
Geneva.
January 25, 1967: Inaugurated Second Sitting of the Standing Committee of World
Ismailia Socio-Economic Conference (WISEC) at Geneva.
January, 1967: Attended the opening ceremony of the casualty ward at the Aga Khan
Hospital, Nairobi.
January 26, 1967: Visited Ismaili Centre at Lausanne, Switzerland.
March 11, 1967: Arrived in Nairobi for the opening of the I.P.S. Building by President
Jomo Kenyatta. Visit lasted four days.
March 14, 1967: I.P.S. Building opened.
March 15, 1967: Arrived in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Performed opening ceremony of a jute
mill, the first I.P.S. project there.
March 29, 1967: Flew to New York for a fortnight's visit to U.S.A.
June 7, 1967: Visited Ismaili Centre in Paris where Ismailis from Europe and other parts
of the world had gathered.
July11, 1967: Completed ten years of Glorious Imamat. Commemorative coins were issued to celebrate the events.
August 19, 1967: Meet Royal guest.
Ocober 15, 1967: Gave an interview to Anne Loesh for the Magazine Jeune Afrique. The interview was published under the title "Karim Aga Khan, prince de l'Islam et homme d'affaires" with a brief introduction to Ismailism.
October 26, 1967: Participated in the historic celebrations of the coronation of Shah of
Iran
November 5, 1967: Arrived in Bombay on 23-day State visit to India. Toured Bhavnagar,
Malia Hatina, Ahmedabad, Sidhpur, New Delhi, Nagpur, Yeotmal and Hyderabad.
November 8, 1967: Performed brick-laying ceremony for nursing home of Ismaili General hospital, Bombay.
November 10, 1967: Declared open new Jamat Khana at Andheri.
November 15, 1967: Arrived in New Delhi to grand red carpet welcome at the Palam
Airport. Guest of Honour at Government dinner.
November 16, 1967: Attended luncheon given by President Zakir Husain, met Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi, Deputy Prime Minister Morarji Desai and Home Minister Y.B.
Chavan
November 17, 1967: Gave banquet in honour of Vice-President V.V. Giri. Announced gift
of Aga Khan Palace at Poona to Government for memorial to the late Mahatma Gandhi.
November 19, 1967: Visited Yeotmal, centre of Shahid. First Imam to visit the place in
1400 years. Laid foundation stone of new Jamat Khana.
November 23, 1967: Attended reception given by Sheriff of Bombay and 51 prominent
institutions. At Rotary Club dinner, delivered speech on "Certain Aspects of Development
in the Newly Independent Nations".
November 25, 1967: Attended grand civic reception at Kamala Nehru Park, Bombay.
November 26, 1967: Historic Darbar in celebration of Prince Karim Aga Khan's 10 years
of Imamat at Hasanabad, Bombay.
November 27, 1967: Attended luncheon given by Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin
Saheb, religious head of the Bohora community at Saifee Mahal, Bombay.
November 28, 1967: Left Bombay, arrived in Rawalpindi. Had lunch with President Ayub
Khan. Arrived in Karachi.
November 30, 1967: Was given honorary Doctorate of Law (Honoris Causa)
by Peshawar University. whether it be the cause of Muslims in pakistan, so dear to his
fore-bearers and to himself, or in the far distant Philippines, his generosity has enhanced
all."
December 13, 1967: Celebration of thirty first birthday.
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