- 1904-12-01 —
Sydney Sprague arrived in Bombay, India. [BFA2:XVI]
- He was the first American Bahá'í travelling teacher in Asia. [BFA2:XVI; 258-270; facing p335]
- See Reflections on the Bahá'í Writings for the story of Kaykhusraw Isfandyár who sacrificed his life by travelling from his home in Bombay to Lahore to assist Sidney Sprague when he was mortally ill with typhoid fever. He was too ill to be taken back to Bombay as planned so Kaykhusraw prayed that he, a humble shop-keeper, might be accepted as a sacrifice for the life of Sydney, an international travel teacher. His request was accepted and he became the first Eastern Bahá'í to have sacrificed his life for his Western brother. When the news of this sacrifice reached `Abdu'l-Bahá, He immortalised Kaykhusraw by conferring upon him the rank of a martyr and He revealed a Tablet to Kaykhusraw's family.
This story is also available in Andalib magazine, year 7, no 25 and can be found in YBIB55-60.
- 1930-12-00 — The first Asian Women's Conference was held in India. [BW17:180]
- 1948-12-00 — Amjad Ali arriveed in East Pakistan, from Chapra in Bihar, northern India, the first pioneer in the country.
- 1952-06-02 — Mr C. C. Cheng, a newspaper reporter; Professor L. S. Tso, a professor of engineering; and Miss Rosie Du (Ruthy Tu) became Bahá'ís in Taiwan, the first people to accept the Faith in the country.
- 1953-10-08 —
The Asian Intercontinental Teaching Conference was held in New Delhi. [BW12:178; CBN No 50 Mar 1953 p6-7]
- For Shoghi Effendi's message to the conference see BW12:178–81.
- At the request of our beloved Guardian
a memorial service was held for
our dearly loved Hand of the Cause,
Mr. Sutherland Maxwell. Loving tributes
were paid to his memory by Mr. Remey
and Mr. Giachery. [CBN No 50 Mar 1953 p6]
- For a report of the conference see BW12:181–8.
- This was the first international Bahá'í gathering ever to be held in the East. [BW12:181; SBR171]
- It was attended by 489 Bahá'ís representing 31 countries. [BW 12:181]
- The design for the International Bahá'í Archives was revealed to the Bahá'ís of the world for the first time at this conference. [DH168]
- Following the New Delhi conference the
Hands of the Cause and other visiting
Bahá'ís travelled the length and the
breadth of the country speaking in universities, teachers' training colleges, agricultural
schools, theatres, hotels, Y.M.C.A.'s, at service clubs, and theosophical
societies. Prominent citizens representative
of the Hindu, Moslem and Christian
faiths were chairmen at many of these
meetings. There were numerous press
conferences and wide-spread newspaper
publicity. The Hands of the Cause were
able to present Bahá'í books to world famous
Indian scholars, to the family of
the Maharaja of Indore and to representatives of the press. Perhaps never since
Abdu'l·Bahá visited America has the
Faith been presented in such a variety
of places in so short a time. Dorothy Baker was one of the Hands who participated in this post-conference proclamation. [CBN No54 Jul 1954 p5]
- 1954-10-01 — Anthony and Mamie Seto arrived in Hong Kong.
- 1958-09-27 —
The fifth Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade and convened in Singapore. [BW13:331]
- Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas, who had been designated by the Guardian as his representative, attended, accompanied by eight other Hands of the Cause. [BW13:331–2]
- For the message of the Custodians to the conference see MC111–6.
- For a report of the conference see BW13:331–2.
- 1971-08-27 —
The first Bahá'í Youth Conference for Western Asia took place in New Delhi. [BW15:335]
- Two thousand people enrolled during the conference and the week following. [BW15:335]
- 1976-03-24 — The first Continental Youth Conference of Western Asia took place in Karachi, Pakistan. [BW16:265]
- 1976-11-27 —
An International Teaching Conference was held in Hong Kong, attended by 506 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:135–6.
- For pictures see BW17:110, 111, 121–2.
- 1977-10-13 —
The Asian Bahá'í Women's Conference was 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.
- 1977-10-17 — At the end of the Asian Bahá'í Women's Conference Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum laid the foundation stone of the Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent. [BW17:85, 180, 368–70; VV35]
- 1985-08-00 — An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in New Delhi, India, attended by more than 550 youth from 24 countries. [BW19:300]
- 1985-08-01 — An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in Port Dickson, Malaysia, attended by 1,300 youth from 15 countries, the largest gathering of Bahá'ís ever held in Malaysia. [BW19:301]
- 1989-04-01 — The Association for Bahá'í Studies of Malaysia was established. [BINS206:8]
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