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*Here we are placing, in chronological order, all recorded teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, including as many events as possible from his life. This time-line will provide a complete unparalleled online repository. 
*We '''[[Contact|invite devotees to assist]]''' in building this historic document that will surely help to successfully glorify all of Śrīla Prabhupāda's global preaching and achievements during the 12 years of 50th anniversary celebrations '''(2015 - 2027)'''. 
*This timeline is being used to compile pages for the [[A Day in the Life of Srila Prabhupada|A Day in the Life of Śrīla Prabhupāda]] project.

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== Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life 1896-1977 ==


== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1896 to 1964|1896]] - Birth & childhood to youth</div> ==
*1896 September 01 - Calcutta - '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:My Birth (Prabhupada)|born]]''' on a '''[[Vaniquotes:I_was_born_September_1,_1896,_Tuesday_at_about_4:00_in_the_afternoon._My_rasi_is_Metthuna|Tuesday at about 4:00 in the afternoon (rasi is Metthuna)]]''' as '''[[Vaniquotes:Abhaya Charan De|Abhay Charan De]]''' to '''[[Vaniquotes:I was born 1st September 1896 in Calcutta as the third son of my father, the late Gaura Mohon Dev, and mother, the late Rajani Devi, in the family of one of very respectable Gold merchant aristocracy of Calcutta| Gaura Mohan De and Rajani Devi]]'''
*1902 Calcutta - '''[[Vaniquotes:When I was six years old my father gave me a ratha and I was performing the Ratha yatra in my neighborhood. And now in the western world you are worshiping Lord Jagannatha so gorgeously and it pleases me very, very much|At age six was performing Ratha yatra in the neighborhood]]'''
*1910 '''[[Vaniquotes:I lost my mother when I was only 14 years old. So I didn't get much of my mother's affection in my childhood. But in my old age, Krishna has given me so many young mothers to take care of me|Śrīla Prabhupāda's mother Rajani Devi dies]]'''
*1911 Experiences danger - '''[[Vaniquotes:I had some experience in my childhood, in 1911. I was thirteen years old. There was a riot. So our house was there in Mahatma Gandhi Road, and all sides Muhammadans|riots in Calcutta]]'''
*1918 '''[[Vaniquotes:I was married during my student life in 1918 with Radharani Devi|Enters married life]]''' with '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:My Wife (Prabhupada)|Radharani Datta]]''' (grhastha ashrama)
*1920 '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Scottish Churches College|Scottish Churches College]]''' run by the Scottish Church missionaries - '''[[Vaniquotes:I was educated in Scottish Churches College, appeared for my B.A. in 1920 and then joined Gandhi's movement and gave up education. I met my Guru Maharaja in 1922|Passed his final examination (B.A)]]''', but rejected diploma and gave up college education

== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1896 to 1964|1922]] - meets spiritual master Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja</div> ==
*1922 Joins '''[[Vaniquotes:In 1922, I was at that time very much engaged in Congress activity. I was very much devout follower of Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi's non-cooperation movement]]'''
*1922 Induced by his intimate friend, '''[[Vaniquotes:Narendranath Mullik|Śrī Narendranath Mullik]]''', Abhay Charan De '''[[Vaniquotes:The eternal bond between disciple and spiritual master begins from the first day he hears. Just like my spiritual master. In 1922 he said in our first meeting, you are educated boys, why don't you preach this cult|meets for the first time Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja]]''' - his future initiating spiritual master - and is asked to '''[[Vaniquotes:Immediately after my meeting, he (my Guru Maharaja) said this, that "Why don't you preach this Caitanya's cult in the Western countries?" That is a memorable day. Of course, I did not know that I will have to do it|"preach this Caitanya's cult in the Western countries"]]'''
*1925 Visits Vṛndāvana-dhāma for the first time and hears more from Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja
*1928 Allahabad - Kumbhamelā is held. Around this time the Gauḍīya Maṭha opens a branch in Allahabad and members visit '''[[Vaniquotes:Abhaya Babu|Abhaya Babu]]''' in his pharmacy shop
*1930 '''[[Vaniquotes:I was pet child of my father whom I lost in 1930, and since then nobody was taking care of me as affectionate son. But Krishna has sent me so many fathers to take care of me in a far distant place in USA|Śrīla Prabhupāda's father Gour Mohan De dies]]'''

== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1896 to 1964|1933]] - Initiation under spiritual master Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja</div> ==
*1933 Allahabad - Accepts formal '''[[Vaniquotes:From 1922 to 1933 practically I was not initiated, but I got the impression of preaching Caitanya Mahaprabhu's cult. That I was thinking. And that was the initiation by my Guru Maharaja. Then officially I was initiated in 1933|dīkṣā initiation]]''' from Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja
*1935 '''[[Vaniquotes:Sometime in the year 1935 when His Divine Grace was staying at Radha-kunda, I went to see him from Bombay. At that time, he gave me many important instructions in regard to constructing temples and publishing books|Visits Rādhā-kunda to see Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja]]''' and receives instructions on constructing temples and publishing books
*1936 Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja '''[[Vanisource:My Guru Maharaja passed in 1936, and I started this movement in 1965, thirty years after. Then? I am getting the mercy of guru. This is vani|passes from this world]]''' leaving a message for Śrīla Prabhupāda to preach in English language

== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1896 to 1964|1944]] - first 'Back to Godhead' (spiritual magazine) & Sannyasa in 1951</div> ==
*1944 February 14 - '''[[Vaniquotes:I started my paper Back to Godhead in 1944|Publishes]]''' the '''[[Vanisource:1944 Back to Godhead Volume 1 Part 01-4|first 'Back to Godhead']]''' magazine on Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura's appearance day.
*1947 Receives the honorary '''[[Vaniquotes:This Bhaktivedanta title was given on this vedanta-vadi because in our society there was no Vedanta. So some of the Vaisnavas selected me to get this title Bhaktivedanta|title of 'Bhaktivedanta']]''' from his God-brothers of the Gaudiya Math
*1950 September 10 - Wrote and published:'''[[Vanisource:Solution of Present Crisis by Bhagwat Geeta|Solution of Present Crisis by Bhagwat Geeta]]'''
*1951 '''[[Vaniquotes:Taking of sannyasa order is in one sense only a formality. I was preaching and writing for eight or nine years as Vanaprastha and then in 1959 I took sannyasa. So if after a few years as Vanaprastha your behavior is ideal sannyasa can be considered|Accepts vanaprastha]]''' (retirement from family life)
*1952 June 08 - Wrote an: '''[[Vanisource:Fragment of an Untitled Essay on His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja|Essay on His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja]]'''
*1953 Jhansi - Initiates first disciple - Acarya Prabhakar
*1953 March 30 - Wrote the essay: '''[[Vanisource:Divinity of Lord Caitanya|Divinity of Lord Caitanya]]'''
*1953 May 16 - '''[[Vanisource:LD7|Incorporates]]''' the '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:League of Devotees|League of devotees]]''' in Jhansi

== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1896 to 1964|1956]] - Moves to Vṛndāvana & translates Śrīmad Bhāgavatam</div> ==
*1956 Moves to Vṛndāvana
*1958 Writes '''[[Vanisource:Vrndavana Bhajana|Vrndavana Bhajana]]'''
*1958 December - Writes '''[[Vanisource:Viraha Astaka|Viraha Astaka]]''' (Eight Prayers in Separation From My Spiritual Master)
*1959 '''Begins translating Śrīmad Bhāgavatam'''
*1959 September 17 - '''[[Vaniquotes:I took sannyasa|Awarded Sannyasa in Mathura]]''' by one of his Godbrothers, His Holiness B.P. Kesava Maharaja
*1960 '''[[Vanisource:Easy Journey to Other Planets|Publishes first book - 'Easy Journey to Other Planets']]'''
*1962 September - '''[[Vanisource:SB 1962 Canto One, Volume 1|Publishes Volume 1, Canto 1 of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam]]'''
*1964 '''[[Vanisource:SB 1964 Canto One, Volume 2|Publishes Volume 2, Canto 1 of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam]]'''

== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1965|1965]] - at age 69 travels to USA following the instructions of his spiritual master</div> ==
*1965 '''[[Vanisource:SB 1965 Canto One, Volume 3|Publishes Volume 3, Canto 1 of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam]]'''
*1965 February 20 - Finishes the [[Vanisource:SB 1.19.40 (1965)|third volume 1st canto]] Srimad Bhagwatam.
*1965 August 13 13:30 - Calcutta, '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Prabhupada Journeys to the West|voyage to the USA]]''' aboard the Jaladuta ship
*1965 August 20 - Delivers an hour long lecture to the crew for Janmāṣṭamī, the appearance day of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
*1965 August 22 10:00 - Jaladuta docks at Cochin and at 16:00 loads five cases containing 200 sets of the 3-volume Srimad-Bhagwatams which arrived from Bombay
*1965 August 25 to 30 - On route to the USA, suffers two heart attacks during the journey west
*1965 September 17 [[Vaniquotes:I reached Boston on 17th September, 1965. I was thinking, while on board the ship "Jaladuta," why Krishna had brought me to this country|'''Historic arrival in America.''']] On the 36th day after leaving Calcutta at 05:30 the ship Jaladuta docks at Commonwealth Pier, Boston
*1965 September 19 12:30 - On the 38th day since leaving Calcutta the Jaladuta docks at New York
*1965 - :'''Staying at''': Butler, Pennsylvania - '''[[Vanisource:I was sponsored by a friend's son, Gopala Agarwal, who is settled up in this country by marrying an American girl, Sally. I was their guest, and I feel very much obliged to Gopala and his wife Sally for their nice treatment and reception|with Gopala and Sally Aggarwal]]''' for '''[[Vanisource:I was with them (Gopala and Sally Agarwal) for three weeks in Butler, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and then I came to New York|three weeks]]'''
*1965 November 28, 3:30 P.M. - '''[[Vaniquotes:The Tagore Society of New York Inc. Cordially Invites You to a lecture "GOD CONSCIOUSNESS" by A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI Date: Sunday, November 28,1965. Time: Lecture, 3:30 P.M. Tea, 4:30 P.M. Place: New India House, 3, East 64th Street|Gives a lecture on "GOD CONSCIOUSNESS" at New India House]]''', 3, East 64th Street
*1965 - :'''Staying at''': 72nd Street

== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966|1966]] - establishes ISKCON to awaken the sleeping souls</div> ==
*1966 Februaray 20 - '''[[Vanisource:660220 - Lecture BG Introduction - New York|Earliest Recording of Śrīla Prabhupāda available]]'''
*1966 April 01 :'''Staying at''': Bowery, Carl Yergen's Loft
*1966 July 01 :'''Staying at''': 26 2nd Ave ('The Beginning')
*1966 July 13 - '''[[Vanisource:LD 8|Incorporates]]''' the International Society for Krishna consciousness ('''[[Vaniquotes:Category:ISKCON|ISKCON]]''')
*1966 September - Initiates first western disciples
*1966 September 09 - Vyāsa-pūjā, appearance day of Śrīla Prabhupāda
*1966 October 23 - Publishes '''[[Vanisource:1966 Back to Godhead Number 01|'Back to Godhead' Vol. 1, No. 1]]'''

== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967|1967]] - first world tour to spread the Krishna consciousness movement</div> ==
*1967 - New York - Completed translation and commentary of '''[[Vanisource:Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_(1972)|Bhagavad-gītā As It Is]]'''
*1967 January 20 - San Francisco - '''[[Vanisource:670120 - Lecture CC Madhya 25.19-31 - San Francisco|Lecture CC Madhya 25.19-31 - San Francisco]]'''
*1967 July 24 - UK - Śrīla Prabhupāda's first visit to the United Kingdom '''[[Vanisource:Letter to Brahmananda -- London 24 July, 1967|"Excelsior" Hotel, Middlesex]]'''
*1967 July 25 - Delhi - '''Staying at''': Rādhā-Krishna Temple near Kashmiri Gate
*1967 October 25 - Navadvipa - :'''Staying at''': Gaudiya Math

== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968|1968]] - Completed Bhagavad-gītā As It Is and many other books</div> ==
*1968 - '''[[Vanisource:Bhagavad Gita As It Is (1968) Collier-Macmillan Abridged Edition|Bhagavad-gītā As It Is abridged edition]]''' published by '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:MacMillan|Macmillan]]'''
*1969 June 30 - '''[[Vanisource:NOD Concluding Words|Completed the Nectar of Devotion]]'''
*1969 December 14 - Rādhā-Londonisvara deity installation
*1970 July 28 - '''[[Vanisource:LD 1|Establishes]]''' the Governing Body Commission ('''[[Vaniquotes:Category:GBC|GBC]]''')
*1970 August 29 - Establishes the life membership programme in Calcutta
*1971 May 09 - First visit to Australia
*1971 July - '''[[Vanisource:LD 3|Establishes]]''' the '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:Mayapur-Vrndavana Trust|Mayapur-Vrindaban Trust]]'''
*1971 November 26 - :Arrives to Vṛndāvana with forty western disciples

== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972|1972]] - Established around 108 temples worldwide</div> ==
*1972 '''[[Vanisource:Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_(1972)|Bhagavad-gita As It Is]]''' unabridged edition published by '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:MacMillan|Macmillan]]'''
*1972 May 29 - '''[[Vanisource:LD 2|Establishes]]''' the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust ('''[[Vaniquotes:Category:BBT|BBT]]''')
*1975 April 20 - '''[[Vaniquotes:Our festival has gone very nicely here in Mayapur. About 400 American and European devotees have come for the celebrations this year. We will all be going to Vrndavana for the opening of our Krishna-Balarama temple there on April 20th, 1975|Opens Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Balarama Temple on Śrī Rāma-Navami''']]'''
*1975 September 13 - Cornerstone laying at Vṛndāvana Gurukula
*1976 May 02 - '''[[Vanisource:760502 - Lecture Festival Installation, Sri Sri Kaliya Krsna - Lautoka, Fiji|Śrī Śrī Kāliya Kṛṣṇa Deity Installation - Fiji]]'''
*1976 June 15 - '''[[Vanisource:760615 - Lecture Festival Installation, Gaura-Nitai and Initiation - Detroit|Gaura-Nitāi Deity Installation - Detroit]]'''

== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977|1977]] - age 81 on September 7</div> ==
*November 14, 19:30 - Disappearance Day of Śrīla Prabhupāda - age 81

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{{Randomicon-MWalk-48px}}'''[[Vanisource:Category:Morning_Walks_-_by_Date|490 Morning Walks since 1968]]'''
{{Randomicon-Lect-48px}}'''[[Vanisource:Category:Lectures_-_by_Date|1,914 Lectures since 1966]]'''
{{Randomicon-Conv-48px}}'''[[Vanisource:Category:Conversations_-_by_Date|907 Conversations since 1967]]'''
{{Randomicon-Conv-48px}}'''[[Vanisource:Category:Interviews_-_by_Date|49 Interviews since 1968]]'''
{{Randomicon-Lett-48px}}'''[[Vanisource:Category:Letters_-_by_Date|6,523 Letters since 1947]]'''
{{Randomicon-Lett-48px}}'''[[Vanisource:Category:Telegrams_-_by_Date|34 Telegrams since 1969]]'''
[[File:Aircraft icon 108px.png|link=|48px]] '''[[Vanisource:Category:Lectures, Conversations and Letters by Place|125+ Places visited]]'''