1952

Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years:	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1952 (Events)

1952 was a leap year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE), the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade. 1952 corresponds to the years 108–109 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Shrine of the Báb, March 1952.

Divine Plan

• The Regional Spiritual Assembly of Central America launches its One Year Plan (1952-1953).

Events

• Yankee Leong meets Agnes Alexander in Japan.
• Shirin Fozdar tours through Malaya giving lectures on the Faith.
• The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma reports that Indochina remains unopened to the Baha'i Faith.

Firsts

• First public observance of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh in Sarawak.
• First avowed believer in Sarawak.
• Singapore elects its first Local Spiritual Assembly.

Establishments

Hands of the Cause of God

Shoghi Effendi appoints a second contingent of Hands of the Cause assigning them to the following regions. Rúḥíyyih Khánum is appointed separately:

Holy Land

• Rúḥíyyih Khánum, appointed following the passing of William Sutherland Maxwell.

Africa

• Músá Banání

Americas

• Siegfried Schopflocher
• Corinne True

Australasia

• Clara Dunn

Europe

• Adelbert Mühlschlegel

Asia

• Shu'á'u'lláh ‘Alá'í
• Zikrullah Khadem

Local Spiritual Assemblies

Bahá'ís of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika, 1952.

Africa

• Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
• Kampala, Uganda.

Americas

• Belleville, Illinois, USA.
• Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA.
• East Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
• El Monte Judicial District, California, USA.
• El Paso County, Colorado, USA.
• Inglewood Judicial District, California, USA.
• Whittier Judicial District, California, USA.

Asia

• Singapore.
• Istanbul, Turkey.

Europe

• Marseilles, France.
• The Hague, Netherlands.
• Porto, Portugal.

Committees

• British Africa Teaching Committee

Deaths

• March 25: William Sutherland Maxwell, Hand of the Cause and father of Rúhíyyih Khánum.

Publications

• Memories of Nine Years in 'Akka by Youness Afroukhteh.
• The Continuity of the Prophets by Myrtle W. Campbell.
• The Mission of Bahá’u’lláh by George Townshend.

References

• Manisegaran, A. (2003). Jewel Among Nations - An account of the early days of the Bahá’í Faith in West Malaysia. Malaysia: Splendour Publications. ISBN 983-51419-0-9. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
• Publications listed in Jan Jasion's George Ronald: A Bibliographic History, accessed online April 30, 2019.