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1955 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era (CE), the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade. 1955 corresponds to the years 111–112 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Contents

  • 1 Events
    • 1.1 Firsts
    • 1.2 Conferences
  • 2 Establishments
    • 2.1 Hands of the Cause of God
      • 2.1.1 Asia
    • 2.2 Local Spiritual Assemblies
      • 2.2.1 Africa
      • 2.2.2 Americas
      • 2.2.3 Asia
      • 2.2.4 Europe
    • 2.3 Publishers
  • 3 Deaths
  • 4 Publications
  • 5 References

Events[edit]

  • Tushar Kanti Paul becomes the first home-front pioneer in Malaysia.
  • September 20: The Local Spiritual Assembly of Saigon is officially recognized by the government of South Vietnam.[1]

Firsts[edit]

  • November: The first piece of Vietnamese Baha'i literature, Sứ mạng của Đức Baha'u'llah ("The Mission of Baha'u'llah"), is published.[1]

Conferences[edit]

  • September 23 - 25: First Asian Teaching Conference, Nikko, Japan[2]

Establishments[edit]

Hands of the Cause of God[edit]

Asia[edit]

  • ‘Alí-Muhammad Varqá, appointed following the passing of Valíyu'lláh Varqá.

Local Spiritual Assemblies[edit]

Africa[edit]

  • Kumasi, Ashanti Protectorate.[3]
  • Seqonoka, Basutoland.[4]
  • Bakebe, British Cameroons.
  • Likomba, British Cameroons.
  • Lobe, British Cameroons.
  • Mbehektok, British Cameroons.
  • Mbonge, British Cameroons.
  • Moliwe, British Cameroons.
  • Tiko, British Cameroons.
  • Tombel, British Cameroons.
  • Victoria, British Cameroons.
  • Ho, British Togoland.[5]
  • Tenerife, Canary Islands.[6]
  • Las Palmas, Canary Islands.[7]
  • Damanhour, Egypt.[8]
  • Shebin el Kom, Egypt.[9]
  • Zagazig, Egypt.[10]
  • Duala, French Cameroons.[11]
  • Lome, French Togoland.[12]
  • Bathurst, Gambia.[13]
  • Brikama, Gambia.[14]
  • Lamin, Gambia.[15]
  • Serekunda, Gambia.[16]
  • Tananarive, Malagasy Republic.[17]
  • Rabat, Morocco.[18]
  • Lourenco Marques, Mozambique.[19]
  • St. Pierre, Reunion Island.[20]
  • Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia.[21]
  • Victoria, Seychelles.[22]
  • Mogadishu, Somaliland.[23]
  • Alexandra, South Africa.[24]
  • Cape Town, South Africa.[25]
  • Durban, South Africa.[26]
  • Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.[27]
  • Ceuta, Spanish Morocco.[28]
  • Mbabane, Swaziland.[29]

Americas[edit]

  • Nassau, Bahamas.[30]
  • Juan Fernandez Island, Chile.[31]
  • Georgetown, Guyana.[32]
  • Compton Judicial District, California, USA.[33]
  • Des Moines, Iowa, USA.[34]
  • Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.[35]
  • Fort Worth, Texas, USA.[36]
  • Niles Township, Michigan, USA.[37]
  • Stockton, California, USA.[38]
  • Wichita, Kansas, USA.[39]

Asia[edit]

  • Malacca, Malaya.[40]
  • Seremban, Malaya.[41]
  • Medina, Saudi Arabia.
  • Saigon, Vietnam.[42]

Europe[edit]

  • Monte Carlo, Monaco.[43]
  • Bergen, Norway.[44]
  • Murcia, Spain.[45]

Publishers[edit]

  • Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India.[46]

Deaths[edit]

  • Mírzá Hádí Shírází, father of Shoghi Effendi.
  • December 12: Valíyu'lláh Varqá, Hand of the Cause and trustee of Ḥuqúqu’lláh.

Publications[edit]

  • The Story of Louis G. Gregory by Elsie Austin.[47]
  • Appeal to the United Nations by the Bahá'í International Community published by Bahá'í International Community.[48]
  • Bahá'í Appeal for Religious Freedom published by Bahá'í International Community.[49]
  • Proposals for Charter Revision Submitted to the United Nations by the Bahá'í International Committee published by Bahá'í International Community.[50]
  • Bahais Again: The Larger Question by E.A. Bayne.[51]

References[edit]

  • 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)
  • Lược Sử Tôn Giáo Baha'i Tại Việt Nam: 50 Năm - Một Chặng Đường, 1954-2004 (in Vietnamese). Baha'i Community of Vietnam. 2004. p. 76. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • LSA's formed in British Cameroons reported in Lee, A.A., The Baha'i Faith in Africa, 978-90-04-20684-7, p 164.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Baha'i Community of Vietnam 2004, p. 9. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBaha'i_Community_of_Vietnam2004 (help)
  2. ↑ Abdu'l-Bahá; Effendi, Shoghi; Universal House of Justice (1992). Japan Will Turn Ablaze!. compiled by Barbara Sims. Tokyo: Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan. pp. 87, 97.
  3. ↑ Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 80-81
  4. ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 28
  5. ↑ Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 79
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 294, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 292, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 298, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 298, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 298, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
  11. ↑ Tanyi, E. N.; David & Esther Tanyi, p 179
  12. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 300, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  13. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 298, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  14. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 298, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  15. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 298, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  16. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 298, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  17. ↑ Bahá'í World: In Memoriam, 1992-1997, p 210
  18. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1974). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 14 (1963-1968), Pg(s) 375. View as PDF.
  19. ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 105
  20. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 297, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
  21. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 307, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  22. ↑ Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 124
  23. ↑ Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 50
  24. ↑ Heroes and Heroines of the Ten Year Crusade in Southern Africa (2003) , compiled by Edith Johnson and Lowell Johnson, p 319
  25. ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 295
  26. ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 184
  27. ↑ Baha'i News (1979). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 574, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  28. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 300, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  29. ↑ Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 113
  30. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 296, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  31. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 298, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  32. ↑ Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 315
  33. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 307, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
  34. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 293, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  35. ↑ Alaska Bahá'í News, January 1969, p 4
  36. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 303, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
  37. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 292, Pg(s) 19. View as PDF.
  38. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 299, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  39. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 302, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
  40. ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 299, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  41. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 298, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
  42. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 293, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  43. ↑ Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 339, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  44. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1981). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 17 (1976-1979), Pg(s) 409. View as PDF.
  45. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 289, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  46. ↑ Baha'i News (1955). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 297, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
  47. ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 44
  48. ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 49
  49. ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 49
  50. ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 52
  51. ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 62
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