A Bahá'í Glossary - Bahá'í Chronology - 114 B.E. (A.D. 1957-1958)

Bahá'í Chronology - The Guradianship - 114 B.E. (A.D. 1957-1958)

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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • 25 March A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Hand of the Cause of God George Townshend passes away in Dublin, Ireland. (b.14 June, 1896) [BBD226, BW02-03p169] For his obituary see BW13:841–846. See also David Hofman's biography, George Townshend. Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the first contingent on the 24th of December, 1951. [MoCxxiii]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • 27 March A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Agnes Alexander is appointed a Hand of the Cause of God on the passing of Hand of the Cause of God George Townshend. [GBF112; MBW174; PP255]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • c. April A.D. 1957 / April A.D. 1958 • A.M.	The first Tuareg to become a Bahá'í enrols in Rabat, Morocco.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • April A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Shoghi Effendi announces that the Faith has been established in 251 countries, that there are more than a thousand local spiritual assemblies, that Bahá'ís live in more than 4,200 localities, and that every territory mentioned in the Tablets of the Divine Plan has been opened to the Faith. Bahá'í literature has been translated into 230 languages. [MBW105–6]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • April A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Shoghi Effendi announces that the Treasury Department of Israel has issued an expropriation order for the remaining property held by Covenant-breakers at Bahjí, mainly the dilapidated building north of the mansion. [MBW109]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Benelux Countries is formed with its seat in Brussels, Belgium. [BW13:274] Its area of jurisdiction is Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Regional Spiritual Assembly for the Iberian Peninsula is formed with its seat in Madrid, Spain. [BW13:274]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Regional Spiritual Assembly of Mexico and the Republics of Central America is formed at Panama City, Panama. [BW13:257]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Regional Spiritual Assembly of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia is formed at Buenos Aires, Argentina. [BW13:257]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Regional Spiritual Assembly of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela is formed at Lima, Peru. [BW13:257]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Greater Antilles is formed with its seat in Kingston, Jamaica. [BW13:257]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Regional Spiritual Assembly of North East Asia is formed with its seat in Tokyo, Japan. [BW13:304] Its area of jurisdiction is Japan, Korea, Formosa, Macau, Hong Kong, Hainan Island and Sakhalin Island.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Regional Spiritual Assembly of South East Asia is formed with its seat in Djakarta. [BW13:302] Its area of jurisdiction is Borneo, Indo-China, Indonesia, Malaya, Sarawak, Siam, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Dutch New Guinea, Mentawei Islands, Cocos Islands, Portuguese Timor and Brunei.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of Pakistan is formed.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of New Zealand is formed.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of Alaska is formed and incorporated immediately upon formation. This is the first time a political entity (i.e. the United States) is subdivided to form a national spiritual assembly. [BW13:270]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Laos has already been formed in Vientiane.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Brunei has already been formed. [BW 13:302]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Cape Verde is formed in Praia.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Nyasaland is formed at Lilongwe.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The International Bahá'í Archives is completed. [DH169; GBF63–4; PP264–5] For details of its construction and photographs see BW13:403–33.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Regional Spiritual Assembly of Scandinavia and Finland is formed with its seat in Stockholm, Sweden. [BW13:274]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The formation of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canberra, the last capital city in Australia for form.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • May A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Pouva Murday of Mauritius arrives in the Chagos Archipelago and is named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • 7 May A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Shoghi Effendi sends a fragment of the plaster from the room of the Báb in the Fortress of Máh-Kú to Australia to be set in the foundations of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár. [LANZ134; SBR172]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • 31 May A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Supreme Court of Israel finds in their judgement against the Covenant-Breakers resulting in their removal from the properties in Bahjí.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • June A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The Covenant-breakers completely abandon Bahjí. [CB367–9; DH215; MBW120–2; PP233–4]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • 4 June A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Shoghi Effendi adds protection of the Cause to the duties of the Hands of the Cause. [BBRSM127; CB380; MBW122–3]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • 8 / 21 June A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Hokkaido Island is opened to the Faith by Rouhollah Mumtazi and Gekie Nakajima with the enrolment of new believers Kinkichi Shimatani and Yoshiro Sasaki of Sapporo, Japan.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • July A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Margaret Bates and her daughter Jean Frankel of the United States arrive in the Nicobar Islands and are named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454; PH63]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • 6 September A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Shoghi Effendi announces ‘the complete evacuation of the remnant of Covenant-breakers and the transfer of all their belongings from the precincts of the Most Holy Shrine'. [MBW124] See VSE166 for Audrey Robarts' observation of the Covenant-breakers at Bahjí during her pilgrimage in 1955.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • 28 / 30 October A.D. 1957 • A.M.	First Bahá'í Summer School held in Taiwan.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • October A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The third contingent of Hands of the Cause of God is appointed: Enoch Olinga, William Sears, John Robarts, Ḥasan Balyuzi, John Ferraby, Collis Featherstone, Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir and Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. [GBF111; MBW127; PP254, 442; SS47] See TG160 for the story of how Enoch Olinga reacted to the news of being appointed a Hand of the Cause of God
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • October A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Shoghi Effendi designates the Hands of the Cause the ‘Chief Stewards of Bahá'u'lláh's embryonic World commonwealth'. [MBW127]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • October A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Shoghi Effendi calls for the convocation of a series of Intercontinental Conferences to be held successively in Kampala, Uganda; Sydney, Australia; Chicago, United States; Frankfurt, Germany; and Djakarta, Indonesia. [BW13:311–12; MBW125]
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • October A.D. 1957 • A.M.	Shoghi Effendi announces the appointment of a second Auxiliary Board responsible for the protection of the Faith. [MBW127–128; PP442]
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• Kamál 1 Qudrat 114 B.E. • Yawm al-Ithnayn 10 Rabī' ath-thānī A.H. 1377 • Monday 4 November A.D. 1957 • Yom Sheni 10 Cheshvan A.M. 5718	Shoghi Effendi passes away in London of coronary thrombosis after a bout of Asian influenza. [CB377; PP446] He was in London to purchase some furniture to complete the interior of the International Archives Building. [PP445] For a tribute to Shoghi Effendi written by Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum see BW13:58–226.] See also Rabbání, The Guardian Of The Bahá'í Faith and The Priceless Pearl.
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• 114 B.E. • A.H. • 9 November A.D. 1957 • A.M.	The funeral of Shoghi Effendi takes place in the Great Northern Cemetery, London. [BW13:222; PP448] See BW13:222 for details of the funeral service. See BW13:222–5 and PP449–50 for a description of the funeral.
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