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1989 Apr
198-
Nearly one half million new believers were enrolled since last Ridván. [AWH60] - Worldwide; Growth; Statistics
1989 Apr
198-
Some four million persons had visited the House of Worship in New Delhi to this date. [AWH61] - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); India; Lotus temple, New Delhi; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Delhi; New Delhi, India; Statistics
1989 Apr
198-
The Association for Bahá'í Studies of Malaysia was established. [BINS206:8] - Asia; Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Malaysia
1989 9 Apr
198-
The Bahá'ís of Moscow celebrated the first Feast since the 1930s. The event took place in the Hainsworth home. [BW20p229] Feasts; Moscow, Russia first Feast in Moscow since the 1930s
1989 Ridván
198-
The first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Macau was formed. [PH73; AWH62] Macau; National Spiritual Assembly, formation first NSA of Macau
1989 Ridván
198-
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] Ashgabat; Local Spiritual Assembly; Russia; Soviet Union; Turkmenistan first Local Spiritual Assembly to in the former Soviet Union.
1989 Ridván
198-
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.

Dakar, Senegal; Guinea Bissau; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Senegal first NSA Guinea-Bissau
1989 Apr
198-
The Universal House of Justice announced a vast majority of prisoners that had been held by authorities in Irán had been released. [AWH62] * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Other; Iran; Universal House of Justice
1989 Ridván
198-
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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