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Date 1953-04-21-02, sorted by date, descending

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1953 Ridván
195-		 Mrs Meherangiz Munsiff, the wife of an Indian diplomat in London, arrived in Madagascar and was acknowledged as the first Bahá'í in the country. [BWNS288]
  • There was one other Bahá'í in Madagascar before Mrs Munsiff but he was not a Bahá'í in good standing.
  • Suffering ill health, Mrs. Munsiff left in January 1954 a day after Danile Randrianarivo, 29, accepted the Faith, becoming the first Malagasy Bahá'í.
    		•  - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Danile Randrianarivo; Madagascar; Meherangiz Munsiff first Bahá’í in Madagascar
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