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ETHIOPIA<br />
M. M. NINAN<br />
Haile Selassie was crowned "King of Kings of Ethiopia." on 2nd November 1930.<br />
The Throne of Haile Selassie I<br />
In 1936 Italian forces took over the city of Addis Ababa and was declared the capital of Italian<br />
East Africa. Haile Selassie spent his exile years (1936–1941) in Bath, United Kingdom, in<br />
Fairfield House, which he bought. .On 12th of Yekatit 1930 Ethiopian year Ethiopian Students<br />
threw a bomb to kill Viceroy Graziani while he was delivering a speech here in front of Addis<br />
Ababa University. (Yekatit 12, 1930 Ethiopian year is equivalent to 19 February 1937 in the<br />
Gregorian calendar) Over 30,000 Ethiopians were massacred two days as retaliation by the<br />
occupying forces.<br />
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