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Date 1989-04, ascending — sort newest first

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1989 Apr Nearly one half million new believers were enrolled since last Ridván. [AWH60] Statistics; Growth; - Worldwide
1989 Apr The Association for Bahá'í Studies of Malaysia was established. [BINS206:8] Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Malaysia; - Asia
1989 Ridván The first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Macau was formed. [PH73; AWH62] National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Macau first NSA of Macau
1989 Apr The Universal House of Justice announced a vast majority of prisoners that had been held by authorities in Irán had been released. [AWH62] Universal House of Justice; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Iran
1989 Apr Some four million persons had visited the House of Worship in New Delhi to this date. [AWH61] Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Delhi; Lotus temple, New Delhi; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Statistics; New Delhi, India; India
1989 9 Apr The Bahá'ís of Moscow celebrated the first Feast since the 1930s. The event took place in the Hainsworth home. [BW20p229] Feast; Moscow, Russia first Feast in Moscow since the 1930s
1989 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Guinea-Bissau was formed. [PH73; BW20p249; AWH62; BINS199:1, 4]

In 1975 Senegal had jurisdiction over Mauritania (1978), Cape Verde Islands (1984) and Guinea-Bissau (1989). With the last of its territories gone this left Senegal alone hence the National Spiritual Assembly of Senegal was formed with its seat in Dakar.

 National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Guinea Bissau; Dakar, Senegal; Senegal first NSA Guinea-Bissau
1989 Ridván The Local Spiritual Assembly of 'Ishqábád (now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan) was re-formed after a lapse of 61 years, the first local assembly to be formed in the Soviet Union. [AWH73; VV111] Local Spiritual Assembly; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan; Soviet Union; Russia first Local Spiritual Assembly to in the former Soviet Union.
1989 Ridván The Universal House of Justice reported that nearly half a million people had became Bahá'ís in the past year. [AWH60] Statistics

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