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1943 2 May 194- |
The passing of Narayanrao Rangnath (Shethji) Vakil (b. Navsari, 1866) in Poona. He was the first person from the Hindu community to identify himself with the Bahá'í activities in India and the first chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India and Burma. He learned of the Faith through Mírzá Mahram Isfáhání in about 1908. [BW9p637-641]
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In Memoriam; Narayanrao Rangnath Vakil; Mahram Isfahani; Mumbai, India; Pune, India; India | first Hindu Bahá'í; |
1943 23 May 194- |
Melba M. King (née Call) became a Bahá'í in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the first full-blooded Eskimo, a Yup'ik, to accept the Faith. [BW18:687–8] | Melba M King; Albuquerque, NM; New Mexico, USA | first full-blooded Eskimo Bahá'í |
1943 30 May 194- |
The dedication of the Memorial to May Ellis Maxwell, Quilmes Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Bahá'í News July 1943 No 169 page 3, 564/1186] | May Maxwell (Bolles); Cemeteries and graves; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Argentina |
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