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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• 24 March A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
In a cabled message, the Universal
House of Justice calls upon Bahá'í women around the world to arise and
play an active role in the service of the Faith. [BW17:202]
- For the report of the response to this call see BW17:202–14.
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The first National Bahá'í Children's Conference of Samoa takes place. [BW17:211] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• 16 / 17 April A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The first annual Bahá'í Studies
Seminar supported by the Departments of Religious Studies and of
Sociology at the University of Lancaster, England, takes place.
[BW18:204] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The first National Spiritual Assembly of The New Hebrides is formed. (BW17pxviii, 341] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Upper Volta is formed with its seat in Ouagadougou. [BW17pxviii, 141, 341] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Marshall Islands is formed with its seat in Majuro. [BW17:174] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the New Hebrides is formed with its seat in Port Vila. [BW 17:186] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Greece is formed with its seat in Athens. [BW16:287; BW17:190] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Surinam and French Guiana is formed with its seat in Paramaribo. [BW16:219, 341]. |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The first National Spiritual Assembly of the French Antilles is formed. ]BW17pxviii, 336] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The Himalayan Conference is held in Gangtok, Sikkim. [BW17:180–2] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
Paul and Jane Jensen arrive on Andros Island in the Bahamas, the first Bahá'ís to reside on the island. |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• 14 May A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The house of a Bahá'í in Fádilábád, Iran, is attacked; the Bahá'í is killed and his sister severely injured. [BW18:391]
- BW17:79 says this was June.
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• 31 May A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
Joe Rabess, the first Carib to become a Bahá'í, enrols in Dominica. |
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• 134 B.E.
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• June A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
At the behest of the Universal
House of Justice, two conferences are held for Persian-speaking Bahá'ís
resident in Europe, one in Germany and one in London. [BW17:194] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• 11 June A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The centenary of the termination of Bahá'u'lláh's confinement in ‘Akká is commemorated at the World Centre. [BW17:64] |
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• 134 B.E.
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• July A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The first Bahá'í summer school of Ecuador is held in Cuenca. [BW17:170] |
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• 134 B.E.
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• 19 July A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Ecuador is granted permission to operate a radio station at Otavalo. [BW17:169] |
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• 134 B.E.
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• 12 / 14 August A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
An International Bahá'í Youth
Conference is held in Enugu, Nigeria, attended by over 250 Bahá'ís from
19 countries. [BW17:150, 153] |
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• 134 B.E.
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• 14 September A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in the Galapagos Islands is formed on Santa Cruz. |
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• 134 B.E.
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• 16 September A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
In Uganda, 27 religious
organizations are banned, including the Bahá'í Faith, and the Bahá'í
House of Worship is closed. [BW17:81]
- The national spiritual assembly and all 1,550 local assemblies are dissolved. [BW17:141]
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• 134 B.E.
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• 12 October A.D. 1977
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The first Bahá'í educational and
cultural radio station, HCRN-1 Radio Bahá'í del Ecuador, makes its
inaugural broadcast at 1420kHz, 20 watts, in Spanish and Quechua from
studios in Otavalo. [BBD193; BW17:169, 215–17; BW19:120; VV77]
- For pictures see BW17:216, 218 and VV77.
- Full time programming (six hours a day) as initiated on the
12th of December, 1977. The 1 kiloWatt transmitter is located at Cahas,
20km south of Otavalo. [Radio Bahá'í Ecuador p23, 52]
- On December 12th, 1979, programming was initiated in the short
wave band on 2340 kHz in the 120-metre band. The 1 kilowatt transmitter
is located about 30 km north of Otavalo at an altitude of 10,000 feet.
In 1982 the transmission frequency was switched to 4990 kHz on the
60-meter band. [Radio Bahá‘Í Ecuador p205 note 23]
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• 134 B.E.
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• 13 / 16 October A.D. 1977
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The Asian Bahá'í Women's Conference
is held in New Delhi, attended by more than a thousand women from
across Asia. 1,200 women from 36 countries were in attendance.
[BW17:180]
- For picture see BW17:212.
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• 134 B.E.
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• 17 October A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
At the end of the Asian Bahá'í
Women's Conference Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum lays
the foundation stone of the Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent.
[BW17:85, 180, 368–70; VV35] |
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• 134 B.E.
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• December A.D. 1977
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The restoration of the house of ‘Abdu'lláh Páshá begins. [BW17:84] |
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• 134 B.E.
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• December A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
The first International Conference
of Bahá'í Women in South America is held in Lima, Peru, attended by 200
women from 12 countries. [BW17:172]
- For picture see BW17:211.
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• 134 B.E.
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• 27 / 30 December A.D. 1977
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The first Bahá'í summer school of Sierra Leone is held in Magburaka. [BW17:151] |
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• 134 B.E.
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• December A.D. 1977
• A.M. |
Properties confiscated by the Iraqi
government belonging to individual Bahá'ís are returned; properties and
funds belonging to the Faith are turned over to the Ministry of the
Interior for disposal. [BW17:80] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1978
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Bonaire is formed.
- It never functions and is dissolved in 1989.
- See also West, Letters From Bonaire.
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1978
• A.M. |
In Iran, many local Bahá'í centres
are seized by armed men of the revolutionary committees, along with
files and membership lists. [BW17:79–80] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1978
• A.M. |
Ten Bahá'ís are killed in Iran, seven by mobs. [BW18:291]
- For the response of Bahá'í institutions to the persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran see BW18:337.
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1978
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The publication of Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. [TRAKA]
Sixteen Tablets revealed by Bahá'u'lláh during the later years of His
life, including the Tablet of Carmel, the Book of the Covenant, and the
Tablet of Wisdom, as well as excerpts from other Writings. Six of the
tablets in this volume were translated into English and published in
1917. The translations were improved upon by Shoghi Effendi, and those
not translated by him were filled in with the publication in 1978 under
the supervision of the Universal House of Justice. [wikipedia] |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1978
• A.M. |
The Bahá'ís of Vietnam are prohibited by the government from meeting and practising their religion. [BW17:81; BW19:50]
- Bahá'í centres throughout the country are closed or confiscated;
- The national Hazíratu'l-Quds in Ho Chi Minh City is seized and made into an orphanage;
- Two members of the national spiritual assembly are arrested and sent to ‘re-education' camps.
- One is released in 1982, owing to ill health.
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• 134 B.E.
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• 15 January A.D. 1978
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The first National Bahá'í Women's Conference of Niger takes place. |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• February A.D. 1978
• A.M. |
The government of the Congo bans the majority of smaller religious groups, including the Bahá'í Faith. [BW17:141]
- The national Hazíratu'l-Quds is confiscated and the assemblies dissolved.
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• March A.D. 1978
• A.M. |
The first Bahá'í-owned school in Pakistan, the New Day Montessori, opens in Karachi. |
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• 134 B.E.
• A.H.
• 4 March A.D. 1978
• A.M. |
Christaline Francis, the first woman of the Caribs to become a Bahá'í, enrols in Dominica. |
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