• Mawlana Hazar Imam meets cubs and bulbuls at an Aga Khan school during a visit to India. (Mumbai, 1954) Express Photo Bombay
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam lighting a kindle of respect at Gandhi's house. (Ahmedabad, 1957) AKDN
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Prince Aly Khan Hospital. (Mumbai, 1958) A. H. Ukani
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Aga Khan Girls’ school. (Mumbai, 1958) AKDN
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam meeting with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. (New Delhi, 1958) AKDN
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam performing the brick-laying ceremony for the nursing home of Prince Aly Khan Hospital, then known as Ismailia General Hospital, Bombay. (Mumbai, 1967) Studio La Bella
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam plays with the children at the Diamond Jubilee High School during a visit to India. The first Aga Khan School was founded in Mundra (Gujarat) in 1905. (Mumbai, 1973) Cumber Studios
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam with Mr. Basappa Danappa Jatti, former President of India. (New Delhi, 1978) Capital News Photos
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam inspecting the Aga Khan Baug Housing Project at Versova, with Governor of Maharashtra, Sadiq Ali. (Mumbai, 1978) Studio La Bella
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam with the Prime Minister of India, Morarji Desai, at the funeral of the first Kenya President and founding father of the Kenyan Nation, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. (Nairobi, 1978) AKDN
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam in conversation with Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, and Indian Vice-President Hidayatullah. (New Delhi, 1980)
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam and Prince Amyn Aga Khan during the Silver Jubilee visit to India. (New Delhi, 1983) Christopher Little
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam meets with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at the Presidential House, Rashtrapati Bhavan, during his Silver Jubilee visit to India as a guest of the Government. (New Delhi, 1983) Subhash Chander
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam with President Zail Singh, at the opening ceremony of the Aga Khan Baug Development project in Versova. (Mumbai, 1983) Christopher Little
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam and India’s President Zail Singh unveiling the plaque of the Aga Khan Baug at Versova, a low-income housing scheme. (Mumbai, 1983) Christopher Little
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam in discussion with Jamati members during his Silver Jubilee visit to India. (1983) Christopher Little
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam and the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shir Madhavsinh Solanki, unveiling the plaque at the Foundation Ceremony of the Aga Khan Medical Centre at Jonpur, one of India’s Silver Jubilee projects. (Jonpur, 1983) Christopher Little
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam in a meeting with members of the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) (Mumbai, 1989). AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam in a meeting with members of the DCB Bank. (Mumbai, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam inaugurates DCB Bank’s Integrated Standard Software Programme. (Mumbai, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam being greeted by local Jamati members in Sidhpur, Gujarat. (Sidhpur, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam with Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, India and Jamati members. (Baroda, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam and members of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, India inspecting progress of projects in Gujarat. (Mota Jambuda, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam speaking with villagers who have been working with the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, India. (Mota Jambuda, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Aga Khan Medical Centre. (Jonpur, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Aga Khan Medical Centre. (Jonpur, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam speaking with villagers working with the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme. (Amrapur, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Malia Hatina Day Care Centre in Gujarat. (Malia Hatina, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam visiting the Malia Hatina Day Care Centre in Gujarat. (Malia Hatina, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam visiting the Malia Hatina Day Care Centre in Gujarat. (Malia Hatina, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam with the President of India Ramaswamy Venkatraman and spouse posing before an official dinner in Delhi. (New Delhi, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam greeting Prime Minister, Mr Rajiv Gandhi and Mrs Sonia Gandhi at the official dinner hosted by Vice President Dr. Sharma in honour of Hazar Imam. (New Delhi, 1989) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • The Prime Minister of India, Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao and Mawlana Hazar Imam share a light moment during a private meeting. (New Delhi, 1992) Dieter Ludwig
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam and the President of India, Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Presidential House. (New Delhi, 1992) Dieter Ludwig
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam in discussion with the Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (New Delhi, 2003) Patrick Ruchdi
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam looking on as India's Minister of Tourism and Culture, Shri Jagmohan, lights a lamp to inaugurate the restored Humayun's Tomb Gardens. (New Delhi, 2003) Patrick Ruchdi
  • His Highness the Aga Khan, accompanied by Luis Monreal, General Manager of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, at the Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra. (Sikri, 2003) Patrick Ruchdi
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam meets Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh. (New Delhi, 2004) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • At the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony, Mawlana Hazar Imam presents a certificate to a recipient of the award, Marylène Barret for the Restoration of the Al-Abbas Mosque at Asnaf, in Yemen. (New Delhi, 2004)
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam with President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. (New Delhi, 2006) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam speaking at the Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy. (Hyderabad, 2006) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam visiting the restoration sites of the Nila Gumbad and Sundar Nursery. (New Delhi, 2008) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam meets with the Honourable President of India, Mrs Pratibha Patil. (New Delhi, 2008) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam in discussion with young doctors at Prince Aly Khan Hospital (Mumbai, 2008) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam visiting the Arts & Crafts room at the Diamond Jubilee High School. (Mumbai, 2008) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam reviews plans for the Humayun’s Tomb - Sunder Nursery – Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti Urban Renewal Project. (New Delhi, 2011) Ram Rahman
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam, the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, the Minister for Culture, Mrs Chandresh Kumari Katoch, and the Chairman of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Shri Ratan Tata at the Humayun’s Tomb. (New Delhi, 2013) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam visits the President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. (New Delhi, 2013) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam meets some of the students of the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad, during a tour of the student housing quarters. (Hyderabad, 2013) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Unveiling of the plaque commemorating the inauguration of the Aga Khan Academy. (Hyderabad, 2013) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and the Human Resource Development Minister view a display of the students’ artwork, after the inauguration ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy. (Hyderabad, 2013) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • The Aga Khan Trust for Culture team demonstrates an Augmented Reality App developed especially for the Qutub Shahi Tombs Site. (Hyderabad, 2013) AKDN / Gary Otte
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam visits with the Honourable Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India at Panchavati, the official Prime Ministerial residence. Government of India
  • The President of India, His Excellency Pranab Mukherjee decorates Mawlana Hazar Imam with the Padma Vibhushan. Government of India
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam speaking with AKTC staff in 2015 after touring the Sundar Nursery and Batashewala complex with Prince Aly Muhammad, Princess Zahra and her children, Sara and Iliyan.
  • Princess Zahra, her daughter Sara and Prince Aly Muhammad take in a view of the gardens surrounding Humayun’s Tomb, together with AKTC staff, during a visit in 2015.
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam points out details on an archival photograph of the Qutb Shahi Heritage Park with Prince Aly Muhammad and Iliyan watching closely. AKDN / Ahmed Charania
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam is accompanied by Prince Aly Muhammad as they tour the grounds of the Qutb Shahi park in Hyderabad. AKDN / Ahmed Charania
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam is joined by Prince Aly Muhammad and Iliyan as he reviews ongoing conservation work on the tomb of Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah. AKDN / Lipi Bharadwaj
  • The landscape architect explains to Mawlana Hazar Imam the proposed design for the first phase of work at the Qutb Shahi Heritage Park, as Prince Aly Muhammad and Iliyan listen attentively. AKDN / Lipi Bharadwaj
  • Mawlana Hazar Imam is shown archival photographs of the Tomb of Ibrahim Qutb Shah as Prince Aly Muhammad looks on. AKDN / Lipi Bharadwaj

Over the past decades, Mawlana Hazar Imam has visited India to meet with the country’s leaders, review the progress of Aga Khan Development Network initiatives, and launch new projects. This photo gallery showcases some of his visits over the years.

Over the past several decades, Mawlana Hazar Imam has visited India to meet with the country’s leaders, review the progress of Aga Khan Development Network initiatives, and launch new projects. The Ismaili Imamat has a long and historic relationship with India, which was home to Mawlana Hasan Ali Shah Aga Khan I, his son Mawlana Ali Shah, and grandson Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah, the 46th, 47th and 48th Ismaili Imams respectively.

The first Aga Khan School in Mundra, Gujarat was established by Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah in 1905, and today’s AKDN institutions work in close partnership with governments and communities to address a broad spectrum of development priorities in the country, including cultural revitalisation, education, health care, drinking water and sanitation, rural development and access to finance for poor communities.

This photo gallery showcases some of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s visits to Imamat projects in India over the years