Bahai Library Online

Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

World Canada
   

Date 1961-01-01, sorted by date, ascending

date event tags firsts
1961 Jan - Feb
196-		 Hand of the Cause of God Dr Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir traveled to India and demonstrated the principle of mass teaching. [DM172–84; SBBH2:165–7]
  • Mass teaching began in the rural area of Madhya Pradesh among the Hindu population. In 1961 there were 850 Bahá'ís; in 1963 87,000; by 1973 nearly 400,000; and by 1987 about two million. In 1983 45 per cent of all local spiritual assemblies were in India. [BBRSM195; BW13:299]
    		•  - Hands of the Cause; Growth; Hands of the Cause, Activities; India; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Madhya Pradesh, India; Mass conversion; Mass teaching; Raḥmatu’lláh Muhájir; Statistics; Teaching
    Home divider Site Map divider Series divider Chronology
    search   Author divider Title divider Date divider Tags
    Adv. search divider Languages divider Inventory
    Links divider About divider Contact divider RSS divider New
    smaller font
    larger font