AGA KHAN WEIGHED IN DIAMONDS
I SIXTY THOUSAND W1TNESS CEREMONY Received Monday, 8.5 p.m. BOMBAY, March 10. ! Sittiug on top of a specially consfrueted balance scale at Brabourne Stadium, overiooking the Arabian Sea, the Aga Khan, the 2401b. spiritual leader the Ismaili | Moslerus, was weighed m diarnonds. Princes, rajahs, rich and poor were | among the crowd oi' 60,COO witnessing i tiie cereinony. j Aruong the handfuls of glittering | gems and qnarts of industrial | diarnonds depcsited in the giant ; scales was one sparkling 32-carat polished blue diaiuond stated to be worth £50,000, Police armed witli rifles stood guard. The Aga Ilhan wiil receive the cash vaiue of the diarnonds, estimated to be about £550,000, which the ismaili community wiil use for the welfare of thc community . - , Cricketers opposed attempts to 1 erect a shelter from the heat ot India 's sun above the' special scales 011 wliich the Aga Khan was weighed, because they objected to poles being sunk 111 the stadium grounds. A large consignment of diarnonds v/as flowu from Karachi to Bombay yesterday 011 the last stage of the journey from Britain.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 March 1946, Page 5
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