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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
The Bahá'ís of the British Isles launched a Two Year Plan (1951-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46] |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of
the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma launch the Two Year Plan
(1951-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46] |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Several National Spiritual
Assemblies-Britain, Egypt, India, Iran and the United States, join
forces in their first collaborative teaching effort called the Africa
Campaign (1951-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46, BBRSM158, MBW135-140]
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central America is elected at a convention in Panama City. [BW12:60]
- 25 delegates representing 12 countries are present at the convention. [BW12:60]
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of South America is elected at a convention in Lima, Peru. [BW1 2:60]
- 18 of the 27 delegates are present at the convention. [BW12:60]
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 April A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
The Bahá'í International Fund is established. [MBW13–14] |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 April A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi cables the Bahá'í world with the successes of the Bahá'í work in the past year. [MBW11–13]
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number of sovereign states and dependencies open to the Faith is 106,
while some of the writings have been translated into more than 80
languages. [MBW11]
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 23 May A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Jamshed and Parvati Fozdar arrive in Kuching with their son, Vijay, the first Bahá'ís to settle in Sarawak. |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• June A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Bahá'ís in Fárán, Iran, are attacked and several houses burned. [BW18:390] |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• July A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Mr P. K. Gopalakrishnan Nayer, an
Indian, becomes a Bahá'í in Dar-es-Salaam, the first person to accept
the Faith in Tanganyika. [BW12:53] |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 30 July A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Louis Gregory, Hand of the Cause of God, passes away in Eliot, Maine, near Green Acre. [BW12:666; TMW310, LOF98]
- Soon after his passing he is designated by Shoghi Effendi the first
Hand of the Cause of his race. (On 5 August, 1951) [BBD91; BW12:666,
MoCxxii]
- See TG114, 117-8 for a description of his passing .
- For his obituary see BW12:666–70.
- For biographical information on Hand of the Cause Louis Gregory see Gayle Morrison, To Move the World: Louis G. Gregory and the Advancement of Racial Unity in America (Wilmette, IL, USA Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982, 1999 printing).
- For short biographical information see Bahá'í Encyclopedia]
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 2 August A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Músá and Samí‘ih Banání; their
daughter, Violette and her husband, ‘Alí Nakhjavání; their baby
daughter, Bahíyyih; and Philip Hainsworth from England arrive in
Kampala, the first pioneers to Uganda. |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 3 August A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
The establishment of the Faith in
Uganda with the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Músá Banání, Mrs. Violette
and Mr. Ali Nakhjavani, of Iran, with their baby daughter Bahiyyih,
and Mr. Philip Hainsworth arrived in Kampala. [Wiki Bahá'í Uganda] |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 October A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Marthe Jeanne Molitor, the first
Belgian Bahá'í to settle in another country, leaves for the Belgian
Congo (Zaire) one day after becoming a Bahá'í. |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 11 October A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Edmund (Ted) Cardell, arrives in Kenya, the first Bahá'í pioneer to the country in the Africa Campaign. [UD488]
- Marguerite
Preston, the wife of a tea grower, has been living in Kenya since
August 1945. She is killed in an air crash in February 1952.
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 22 October A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Ethel Stephens, the first black American pioneer to Africa, arrives in Accra, the first Bahá'í pioneer to Ghana. |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 30 November A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi announces plans for
the Great Jubilee commemorating the centenary of the birth of the
Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh in the Síyáh-Chál. [BW12:24–6, 115–16;
MBW16–18] |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• December A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi's brother Riáz
Rabbáni was the last of his siblings to become a Covenant-Breaker.
"With feeling profound concern, grief, indignation, am compelled
disclose Bahá'í world recent developments Holy Land furnishing further
incontestable proof relationship established old and new
Covenant-breakers demonstrating increasing boldness, marked, tragic
decline in character and spiritual condition grandchildren `Abdu'l-Bahá.
Their shameful attitude and conduct receiving approbation their elders.
Evidences multiplying attesting Ruhi's increasing rebelliousness,
efforts exerted my eldest sister pave way fourth alliance members family
Siyyid Ali involving marriage his granddaughter with Ruha's son and
personal contact recently established my own treacherous, despicable
brother Riaz with Majdi'd-Din, redoubtable enemy Faith, former henchman
Muḥammad-'Ali, Archbreaker Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant. Convey information
all National Assemblies." [MBW16, CoB358, 362, 364] |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• December A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Brothers-in-law Fred Bigabwa, a
Mutoro, and Crispin Kajubi, a Muganda, become Bahá'ís in Uganda, the
first to accept the Faith in that country. |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 December A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Roy C. Wilhelm, (b.17 September, 1875) passes away in Lovel, Maine. [BW12:662]
- On his passing Shoghi Effendi designates him a Hand of the Cause of God. (23 December, 1951) [MoCxxii, BW12:662]
- For his obituary see BW12:662–4.
- Find a grave
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• 108 B.E.
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• 24 December A.D. 1951
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi appoints 12 Hands of
the Cause of God, the first contingent of Hands to be appointed.
BBRSM127; BW12:38–40, 374–5; BW13:333–4; MBW20]
- They are
Sutherland Maxwell, Mason Remey, Amelia Collins (she had been appointed
in 1946, but her appointment had not been made public), Valíyu'lláh
Varqá, Tarázu'lláh Samandarí, ‘Alí-Akbar Furútan, Horace Holley, Dorothy
Baker, Leroy Ioas, George Townshend, Herman Grossmann and Ugo Giachery
[GBF110–11; MBW20; PP253–4]
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Eric Manton and his son Terry arrive in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), the first Bahá'ís to settle in the country. |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Mr Narain Das, a textile salesman
from India working in Singapore, becomes a Bahá'í, the first person in
the country to accept the Faith. A few months later Mr Teo Geok Leng, a
Chinese Singaporean, becomes a Bahá'í, the first native of Singapore to
accept the Faith. |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Bahá'ís and their homes are attacked in Najafábád, Iran, and several houses are set on fire. [BW18:390] |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Dudley Smith Kutendere from Zomba
in the south of Malawi becomes a Bahá'í in Dar-es-Salaam, the first
African to become a Bahá'í in Tanganyika and the first in all of Central
and East Africa. |
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• 108 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Walli K̲h̲án, a Fiji Indian, becomes a Bahá'í, the first person in Fiji to accept the Faith. |
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• 108 B.E.
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• February A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Enoch Olinga becomes a Bahá'í, the third Ugandan and the first of the Iteso tribe to accept the Faith.
- See TG160 for the story of how he became a Bahá'í.
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• 108 B.E.
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• 29 February A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi appoints the second contingent of Hands of the Cause of God. [BW12:375–6; CT202–3 MBW20–1; PP254; ZK47]
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are Fred Schopflocher, Corinne True, Dhikru'lláh Khádem, Shu'á'u'lláh
‘Alá'í, Adelbert Mühlschlegel, Músá Banání and Clara Dunn. [BW12:375–6;
MWB19–20]
- Shoghi Effendi describes their two-fold function: propagation of the Faith and preservation of its unity. [BW12:376; MBW21]
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• 108 B.E.
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• March A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Mariette Bolton of Australia visits New Caledonia, the first Bahá'í to visit the islands.
- During her visit Mlle Françoise Feminier becomes a Bahá'í, the first person in New Caledonia to accept the Faith.
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• 108 B.E.
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• March A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
The octagonal second component of the Shrine of the Báb is completed. |
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• 108 B.E.
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• 4 March A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi describes plans for a
marble colonnade to encircle the Shrine of the Báb as an intermediate
step to building a superstructure for the Shrine and sends his ideas to
Italy for scale drawings and estimate. [SE133–4] |
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• 108 B.E.
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• 8 March A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi announces the enlargement of the International Bahá'í Council to eight members. [MBW22; PP252–3]
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members are Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum, Mason Remey, Amelia Collins,
Ugo Giachery, Leroy Ioas, Jessie Revell, Ethel Revell and Lotfullah
Hakim. [BW12:379; MBW22]
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