Indian Four and a Half Year Plan (1946-1950)

Indian 4½ Year Plan (1946-1950)
Epoch	First Epoch
Coordinator	Shoghi Effendi
Protagonists	India, Pakistan and Burma

Divine Plan

Shoghi Effendi

First Epoch (1937-1963)

1st Seven Year Plan (1937-1944) Indian Six Year Plan (1938-1944) British Six Year Plan (1944-1950) 2nd Seven Year Plan (1946-1953) Indian 4½ Year Plan (1946-1950) Persian 45 Month Plan (1946-1950) Persian Women's Four Year Plan (1946-1950) Australian Six Year Plan (1947-1953) Canadian Five Year Plan (1948-1953) Egyptian Five Year Plan (1948-1953) German Five Year Plan (1948-1953) African Campaign (1950-1953) Iraqi Three Year Plan (1950-1953) British Two Year Plan (1951-1953) Indian Nineteen Month Plan (1951-1953) South American Two Year Plan (1951-1953) Central American One Year Plan (1952-1953) Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963) Northeast Asian Six Year Plan (1957-1963)

Universal House of Justice

Second Epoch (1964-2021)

Nine Year Plan (1964-1973) Five Year Plan (1974-1979) Seven Year Plan (1979-1986) Six Year Plan (1986-1992) Three Year Plan (1993-1996) Four Year Plan (1996-2000) Twelve Month Plan (2000-2001) Five Year Plan (2001-2006) Five Year Plan (2006-2011) Five Year Plan (2011-2016) Five Year Plan (2016-2021)

Third Epoch (2021-)

Twelve Month Plan (2021-2022) Nine Year Plan (2022-2031)

The Indian Four and a Half Year Plan (1946-1950) was given by Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of India, Pakistan and Burma.

Goals

The goals of the Four and a Half Year Plan were as follows:

1. Increase the number of Local Assemblies from twenty-one to sixty-three
2. Give special attention to areas marked by sharp cultural and political divisions

As the plan unfolded, the National Assembly added the following additional goals:

1. Publish Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era in eighteen new languages
2. Acquire a National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds in New Delhi
3. Carry the Bahá’í message to Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand