Chronology: Date 1952-10-08-01

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1952 8 Oct 195-	Holy Year, "The Great Jubilee", October 1952 to October 1953, was inaugurated. [MBW16-18; BW12:116; DG84; PP409–10; SBR170–1] Centenary celebrations of the birth of Bahá'u'lláh's mission were initiated. [MBW16–18] "Shoghi Effendi began the Holy Year to commemorate the centenary of Bahá'u'lláh's experience in the Siyáh Chál in October 1952 and closed the Holy Year in October 1953 (which corresponds to the centenary of the "Year Nine", the Islamic year 1269)". [Two Episodes from the Life of Bahá'u'lláh in Iran p21 by Moojan Momen] Four international conferences were scheduled in Kampala, Wilmette (dedication of the Temple), Stockholm and New Delhi. [SETPE2p31-43] For a brief description of the Kampala Conference see CG20-21.	Great Jubilee (1952-1953); Holy Years; Centenaries; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Kampala, Uganda; Uganda; Wilmette, IL; United States (USA); Stockholm, Sweden; Sweden; New Delhi, India; India


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