Chronology: Date 1954-04-06

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Date 1954-04-06, descending — sort earliest first

date	event	tags	firsts
1954 6 Apr 195-	In his Ridván Message Shoghi Efffendi announced that: The site for the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of the Holy Land has been selected--an area of approximately twenty thousand square meters--situated at the head of the Mountain of God, in close proximity to the Spot hallowed by the footsteps of Bahá'u'lláh, near the time-honoured Cave of Elijah, and associated with the revelation of the Tablet of Carmel, the Charter of the World Spiritual and Administrative Centres of the Faith on that mountain. Funds totalling one hundred thousand dollars have, moreover, been contributed by one of the Hands of the Cause, residing in the Holy Land, and negotiations have been initiated with the Israeli authorities for the purpose of effecting the immediate purchase of the selected site. (Hand of the Cause Milly Collins) [MBW63; DoH175] In another message about a year later he provided further details. [MBW78-79]	Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Haifa; Funds; Amelia Collins; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); * Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel; Haifa, Israel	the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of the Holy Land
1954 6 Apr 195-	Shoghi Effendi announced that plans for the International Bahá'í Archives had been completed and that steps had been taken to begin its construction. [PP264BBD22–3; DH169; GBF117–8; MBW64]	* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; * Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel; Haifa, Israel; International Archives Building (Haifa)
1954 6 Apr 195-	Five Continental Bahá'í Funds were inaugurated by Shoghi Effendi. [MBW59, 63]	Funds; Funds, Continental; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Bahá'í World Centre
1954 (Prior to) 195-	The first native Fijian, the first Pygmy, the first Berber and the first Greenlander to accept the Bahá'í Faith enrolled. [MBWp62]	First Bahá'ís by country or area; First believers by background; Greenland
1954 6 Apr 195-	Shoghi Effendi announced the creation of five Auxiliary Boards with the following number of members: Asia 7; America 9; Europe 9; Africa 9; Australia 2. [BW13p335; CBN No 53 June 1954 p6; MBW44, 58-60] Their function was to 'act as deputies of the Hands in their respective continents', to 'aid and advise them in the effective prosecution of the' and to assist them 'in the discharge of their dual and sacred task of safeguarding the Faith and of promoting its teaching activities'. [MBW63] See also BBD26; BBRSM127; MC3. These boards were mandated with the propagation of the Faith.	Auxiliary board members; Appointed arm; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Ten Year Crusade; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Funds, Continental; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; * Bahá'í World Centre


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