Chronology: Date 1981-04

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date	event	tags	firsts
1981 Apr 198-	In Pakistan a constitutional amendment named the Bahá'í Faith among the non-Muslim faiths of the country, thus according it legal recognition. [BW18:107; VV67]	Constitutions (general); Recognition (legal); Pakistan
1981 Apr 198-	The Canadian Association for Studies on the Bahá'í Faith was renamed the Association for Bahá'í Studies. [BBD202; VV24–5]	Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Association for Bahá'í Studies (North America); Canada
1981 Ridván 198-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Bophuthatswana was formed with its seat in Mmabatho. [BW18:107, 163; BN no606 November 1981 p10] It was a Bantustan or nominally independent state established within South Africa. The South African government abolished Bantustans in 1994 and the Assembly of Bophuthatswana was disbanded in 1995 with the community falling under the administration of the National Spiritual Assembly of South Africa. [National Spiritual Assemblies: Lists and years of formation by Graham Hassall]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Mmabatho, South Africa; Bophuthatswana, South Africa; South Africa	first NSA Bophuthatswana
1981 Ridván 198-	The National Spiritual Assembly of South West Africa/Namibia was formed with its seat in Windhoek. [BW18:107, 163; BN no606 November 1981 p10]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Windhoek, Namibia; Namibia	first NSA South West Africa/Namibia
1981 Ridván 198-	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Leeward Islands was formed with its seat in St John's, Antigua. [BW18:107, 171] The National Spiritual Assembly of the Virgin Islands was formed. It has jurisdiction over both the British Virgin Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands. [Virgin Islands, U.S. and British by Patricia Paccassi; BN No 605 August 1981 p5]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; St. Johns, Antigua; Antigua; Leeward Islands	first NSA Leeward Islands
1981 Ridván 198-	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Windward Islands was formed with its seat in Kingstown, St Vincent. [BW18:171; BW18p515,; BN No 602 May 1981 p19] The National Spiritual Assembly of the Barbados was formed. [Barbados by Patricia Paccassi]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines; St. Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	first NSA Windward Islands
1981 Ridván 198-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Tuvalu was formed with its seat in Funafuti. [BW18:107; BW19:62] Since 1981 they had been part of the Assembly of the Gilbert (Kiribati) and Ellice (Tuvalu) Islands. [Wikipedia]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Funafuti, Tuvalu; Tuvalu	first NSA Tuvalu
1981 Ridván 198-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Kiribati was formed. Since 1967 they had been part of the Assembly of the Gilbert (Kiribati) and Ellice (Tuvalu) Islands. [Wikipedia]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Kiribati; Gilbert and Ellice Islands	first NSA in Kiribati
1981 Ridván 198-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Bermuda was formed with its seat in Hamilton. [BW18:107, 171]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Hamilton, ON; Bermuda	first NSA Bermuda
1981 Ridván 198-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Uganda was re-formed after a period of 19 months during which the Faith was banned. [BW18:107, 163; Ridván Message 1981]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Kampala, Uganda; Uganda
1981 Ridván 198-	The National Spiritual Assembly of St Vincent and the Grenadines was established with its seat in Kingstown. [BW19p62]	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines


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