A Bahá'í Glossary - Bahá'í Chronology - 105 B.E. (A.D. 1948-1949)

Bahá'í Chronology - The Guradianship - 105 B.E. (A.D. 1948-1949)

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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • April A.D. 1948 • A.M.	Contracts are placed in Italy for the rose Baveno granite columns for the Shrine of the Báb. [BBD210; DH140] The first shipment of stone reaches Haifa on 23 November 1948. For details of securing the contract and cutting the stone see SE68–83.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • 19 April A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The Havana Bahá'ís incorporate as an ‘assembly', meaning ‘group'. It is incorporated as a local spiritual assembly in 1949.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Egypt and Sudan launch a Five Year Plan (1948-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46, BBRSM158]
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Germany and Austria launch a Five Year Plan (1948-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46]
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The newly formed National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada launch a Five Year Plan (1948-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46]
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly of the Netherlands is established in Amsterdam.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Belgium is established in Brussels.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Afghanistan is established in Kabul.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Ireland is established in Dublin.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The first All-Native Bahá'í Assembly is established in Macy, Nebraska. [BW13:837; CF72] See BW11:536 for a picture. For the role of Amelia Collins in establishing this Assembly see PSBW88.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Sweden is established at Stockholm. [BW11:689] For picture see BW11:689.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The Local Spiritual Assembly of Budapest reforms. The Assembly is forced to dissolve again near the end of 1950 under the new regime. Most Bahá'ís flee the country during or after the Revolution in 1956. [www.bahai.hu]
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • Ridván A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Spain is established in Madrid.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • 21 / 22 April A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The 2nd Battle of Haifa: A Jewish offensive to gain control of the strategic port of Haifa. Prior to the 30-hour battle the Arab population of Haifa was estimated to be 65,000 compared to 70,000 Palestinian Jews. At the end of the operation the Arab population was reduced to about 4,000 people. [Battle of Haifa]
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • 24 / 25 April A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Dominion of Canada is established. [BBRSM:186; BW13:856; MBW143; PP397] See BW11:160, 184 for pictures. The first National Convention was held in the Maxwell's home (in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's home as will be the election of the Universal House of Justice some 15 years hence.) with 13/19 delegates from all the provinces attending. (Six were unable to attend due to a flood.) Those elected to the first National Spiritual Assembly were: Laura Davis, Rowland Estall, Lloyd Gardner, Doris Richardson, John Robarts, Emeric Sala, Rosemary Sala, Siegfried Schopflocher, and Ross Woodman. [TG110, OBCC269] For a picture of the first Canadian National Spiritual Assembly see OBCC148.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • May A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The Bahá'í International Community takes part in its first United Nations conference, on human rights. [BW11:43]
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • 14 May A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The British Mandate in Palestine ends and the state of Israel is proclaimed.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • 22 / 26 May A.D. 1948 • A.M.	The first Bahá'í European Conference is held in Geneva. [BW11:51] For details of the conference see BW11:51–2.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • December A.D. 1948 • A.M.	Amjad Ali arrives in East Pakistan, from Chapra in Bihar, northern India, the first pioneer to the country.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1949 • A.M.	Construction begins on the superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb. [BBD210]
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1949 • A.M.	A Bahá'í in Kamshatti, near Calcutta, is martyred by a religious fanatic. [BW11:34]
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1949 • A.M.	Agnes Harrison (née Parent), an Athabascan, becomes a Bahá'í in Alaska, the first Native Alaskan to accept the Faith in the country.
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1949 • A.M.	The pamphlet written by by George Townshend to all Christians under the title "The Old Churches and the New World Faith" was sent out to 10,000 so-called "responsible people" in the British Isles on the occasion of his resignation from the church.[UD470]
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1949 • A.M.	Dr. Sulayman Birjis was brutally murdered in Kashan, Iran. His killers, who had collectively confessed to his murder, were all exonerated due to "the lack of evidence." [Towards a History of Iran's Baha'i Community During the Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979 by Mina Yazdani.]
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• 105 B.E. • A.H. • 21 january A.D. 1949 • A.M.	Shoghi Effendi has a private interview with Prime Minister Ben Gurion of Israel. [GBF136; PP174–5, 289]
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