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1956 was a leap year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE), the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade. 1956 corresponds to the years 112–113 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Events[edit]
- January 19: Baha'i marriage is recognized in Vietnam. [1]
- March: Anita Ioas, daughter of Leroy Ioas, joins the Bahá'í community of Saigon as a pioneer, staying for two years.[1]
Firsts[edit]
- Hand of the Cause of God Shu'á'u'lláh ‘Alá'í first tour of Asia, visiting India, Ceylon, Indonesia, and Malaya.
- July: Phạm Hữu Chín, the nephew of Phạm Hữu Chừ, becomes the first resident of Central Vietnam to accept the Baha'i Faith. [2]
Conferences[edit]
- August 15-18: The first South East Asia Teaching Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia.[3]
- November 10-12: A four-country teaching conference is hosted in Saigon.
Establishments[edit]
National Spiritual Assemblies[edit]
Local Spiritual Assemblies[edit]
Africa[edit]
- Luanda, Angola.[4]
- Maseru, Basutoland.[5]
- Mohale's Hoek & Mapholoane, Basutoland.[6]
- Sephapo's Gate, Basutoland.[7]
- Mafeking, Bechuanaland.[8]
- Abou-Qir, Egypt.[9]
- Khartoum, Egypt (the second Khartoum Local Assembly, covering one of the cities three municipal areas).[10]
- Asmara, Eritrea.
- Djibouti City, French Somaliland.[11]
- Beau Bassin & Rose Hill, Mauritius.[12]
- Port Louis, Mauritius.[13]
- Quatre Bornes & Belle Rose, Mauritius.[14]
- Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia.[15]
- Bloemfontein, South Africa.[16]
- Lady Selborne, South Africa.[17]
- Orlando, South Africa.[18]
- Rustenburg, South Africa.[19]
- Sophiatown & Western Township, South Africa.[20]
- Larache, Spanish Morocco.[21]
Americas[edit]
- Hamilton, Bermuda.[22]
- Cochabamba, Bolivia.[23]
- Punta Arenas, Costa Rica.[22]
- Santa Ana, El Salvador.[22]
- El Quiche, Guatemala.[22]
- Cap Haitian, Haiti.[24]
- La Lima, Honduras.[22]
- Monterrey, Mexico.[25]
- David, Republic of Panama.[26]
- Huancayo, Peru.[27]
- Davenport, Iowa, USA.[28]
- Eugene, Oregon, USA.[29]
- Ketchikan, Alaska, USA.[30]
- Key West, Florida, USA.[31]
- Provo, Utah, USA.[32]
- San Jose, California, USA.[33]
- Sparks, Nevada, USA.[34]
- Yakima, Washington, USA.[35]
Asia[edit]
- Tainan, Formosa.[36]
- Hong Kong.[37]
- Ernakulam, India.[38]
- Amagasaki, Japan.[39]
- Kobe, Japan.[40]
- Kyoto, Japan.[41]
- Nagoya, Japan.[42]
- Nishinomiya, Japan.[43]
- Osaka, Japan.[44]
- Yokohama, Japan.[45]
- Kwangju, Chollanamdo, Korea.[46]
- Seoul, Korea.[47]
- Gujranwala, Pakistan.[48]
- Mirpur-Khas, Pakistan.[49]
- Montgomery, Pakistan.[50]
- Nawabshah, Pakistan.[51]
Australasia[edit]
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands.[52]
- Agana, Guam.[53]
- New Plymouth, New Zealand.[54]
- Wellington, New Zealand.[55]
- Honiara, Solomon Islands.[56]
Europe[edit]
- Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands.[57]
- Nicosia, Cyprus.[58][59]
- Nice, France.[60]
- Hannover, Germany.[61]
- Alicante, Spain.[62]
- Cartagena, Spain.[63]
- Lausanne, Switzerland.[64]
Births[edit]
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Deaths[edit]
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Publications[edit]
- Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh publication of talk given by Genevieve Coy at Green Acre in 1955.[65]
- Lord of the New Age by Winston Evans.[66]
- Religion for Mankind by Horace Holley.
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Baha'i Community of Vietnam 2004, p. 9.
- ↑ Baha'i Community of Vietnam 2004, p. 10.
- ↑ Bahá'í News, Oct. 1956, pp.3-4; Bahá'í News Letter of India, Burma and Pakistan, July-Oct 1956 (No.83)
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 9
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 35
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 9
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 24
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 39
- ↑ Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 315, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 309, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 60
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 67
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 67
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 68
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 125
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 240
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 236
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 327
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 296
- ↑ Johnson, E. & Johnson, L. (2003). Heroes and heroines of the ten-year crusade in Southern Africa. Worcester: Baha'i Publishing Trust, p 297
- ↑ Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 20
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 304, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 313, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 303, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 305, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 345, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 303, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 303, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 303, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 304, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 311, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 307, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 313, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 308, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 304, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 304, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 313, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Bahá'í World: In Memoriam, 1992-1997, p 69
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 308, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 305, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. pp 375
- ↑ Bahá'í World: In Memoriam, 1992-1997, p 95
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 305, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 308, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://bahai.es/quienes-somos/historia/evolucion-estructura-administrativa/
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 310, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ 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 72
- ↑ 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 77
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.
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