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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. | *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. | ||
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== Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life 1896-1977 == | == Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life 1896-1977 == | ||
[[File:1962-65-Srimad-Bhagwatams-1st-canto-dust-covers.png|link=|48px]] '''[[Vanisource:Category:Books,_Poems,_Documents_and_Articles| | [[File:1966-NATIONAL-DIARY.jpg|link=|48x48px]] '''[[Vanisource:Essays_and_Articles|36 Articles since 1936]]''' | ||
[[File:1962-65-Srimad-Bhagwatams-1st-canto-dust-covers.png|link=|48px]] '''[[Vanisource:Category:Books,_Poems,_Documents_and_Articles|80+ Volumes of Books since 1944]]''' | |||
{{Randomicon-MWalk-48px}}'''[[Vanisource:Category:Morning_Walks_-_by_Date|490 Morning Walks since 1968]]''' | {{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-Lect-48px}}'''[[Vanisource:Category:Lectures_-_by_Date|1,914 Lectures since 1966]]''' | ||
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== <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life | == <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life|1896]] - Birth & childhood to youth</div> == | ||
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*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]]''' | *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]]''' | ||
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*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 | *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 | == <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life#1922_-_age_26_on_August_17|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 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"]]''' | *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"]]''' | ||
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*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]]''' | *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 | == <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life#1933_-_age_37_on_August_14|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 | *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 | *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 | *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 | == <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life#1944_-_age_48_on_August_12|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. | *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 | *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 | ||
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*1953 May 16 - '''[[Vanisource:LD7|Incorporates]]''' the '''[[Vaniquotes:Category:League of Devotees|League of devotees]]''' in Jhansi | *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 | == <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life#1956_-_age_60_on_August_30|1956]] - Moves to Vṛndāvana & translates Śrīmad Bhāgavatam</div> == | ||
*1956 Moves to Vṛndāvana | *1956 Moves to Vṛndāvana | ||
*1958 Writes '''[[Vanisource:Vrndavana Bhajana|Vrndavana Bhajana]]''' | *1958 Writes '''[[Vanisource:Vrndavana Bhajana|Vrndavana Bhajana]]''' | ||
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*1976 June 15 - '''[[Vanisource:760615 - Lecture Festival Installation, Gaura-Nitai and Initiation - Detroit|Gaura-Nitāi Deity Installation - Detroit]]''' | *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]] - Left the mortal world</div> == | == <div class="timelineh2">[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977|1977]] - Left the mortal world leaving behind volumes of books and disciples</div> == | ||
*November 14, 19:30 - Disappearance Day of Śrīla Prabhupāda - age 81 | *November 14, 19:30 - Disappearance Day of Śrīla Prabhupāda - age 81 | ||
Left the mortal world leaving behind volumes of transcendental books and 1000s of disciples for spreading of this movement. | |||
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[[File:1966-NATIONAL-DIARY.jpg|link=|48x48px]] '''[[Vanisource:Essays_and_Articles|36 Articles since 1936]]''' | |||
[[File:1962-65-Srimad-Bhagwatams-1st-canto-dust-covers.png|link=|48px]] '''[[Vanisource:Category:Books,_Poems,_Documents_and_Articles|80+ Volumes of Books since 1944]]''' | |||
{{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:Letters_-_Telegrams|34 Telegrams since 1969]]''' | |||
[[File:Aircraft icon 108px.png|link=|48px]] '''[[Vanisource:Category:Lectures, Conversations and Letters by Place|108+ Places visited]]''' | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:23, 22 May 2015
- 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 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 Śrīla Prabhupāda project.
Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life 1896-1977
36 Articles since 1936 80+ Volumes of Books since 1944 490 Morning Walks since 1968 1,914 Lectures since 1966 907 Conversations since 1967 49 Interviews since 1968 6,523 Letters since 1947 34 Telegrams since 1969 108+ Places visited
1896 to 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977
1896 - Birth & childhood to youth
- 1896 September 01 - Calcutta - born on a Tuesday at about 4:00 in the afternoon (rasi is Metthuna) as Abhay Charan De to Gaura Mohan De and Rajani Devi
- 1902 At age six was performing Ratha yatra in the neighborhood
- 1910 Śrīla Prabhupāda's mother Rajani Devi dies
- 1911 Experiences danger - riots in Calcutta
- 1918 Enters married life with Radharani Datta (grhastha ashrama)
- 1920 Scottish Churches College run by the Scottish Church missionaries - Passed his final examination (B.A), but rejected diploma and gave up college education
1922 - Meets spiritual master Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja
- 1922 Joins Gandhi's non-cooperation movement
- 1922 Induced by his intimate friend, Śrī Narendranath Mullik, Abhay Charan De meets for the first time Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja - his future initiating spiritual master - and is asked to "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 Abhaya Babu in his pharmacy shop
- 1930 Śrīla Prabhupāda's father Gour Mohan De dies
1933 - Initiation under spiritual master Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja
- 1933 Allahabad - Accepts formal dīkṣā initiation from Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja
- 1935 Visits Rādhā-kunda to see Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja and receives instructions on constructing temples and publishing books
- 1936 Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Mahārāja passes from this world leaving a message for Śrīla Prabhupāda to preach in English language
1944 - First 'Back to Godhead' (spiritual magazine) & Sannyasa in 1951
- 1944 February 14 - Publishes the first 'Back to Godhead' magazine on Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura's appearance day.
- 1947 Receives the honorary title of 'Bhaktivedanta' from his God-brothers of the Gaudiya Math
- 1950 September 10 - Wrote and published:Solution of Present Crisis by Bhagwat Geeta
- 1951 Accepts vanaprastha (retirement from family life)
- 1952 June 08 - Wrote an: Essay on His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja
- 1953 Jhansi - Initiates first disciple - Acarya Prabhakar
- 1953 March 30 - Wrote the essay: Divinity of Lord Caitanya
- 1953 May 16 - Incorporates the League of devotees in Jhansi
1956 - Moves to Vṛndāvana & translates Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
- 1956 Moves to Vṛndāvana
- 1958 Writes Vrndavana Bhajana
- 1958 December - Writes Viraha Astaka (Eight Prayers in Separation From My Spiritual Master)
- 1959 Begins translating Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
- 1959 September 17 - Awarded Sannyasa in Mathura by one of his Godbrothers, His Holiness B.P. Kesava Maharaja
- 1960 Publishes first book - 'Easy Journey to Other Planets'
- 1962 September - Publishes Volume 1, Canto 1 of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
- 1964 Publishes Volume 2, Canto 1 of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
1965 - At age 69 travels to USA following the instructions of his spiritual master
- 1965 Publishes Volume 3, Canto 1 of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
- 1965 February 20 - Finishes the third volume 1st canto Srimad Bhagwatam.
- 1965 August 13 13:30 - Calcutta, 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 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 - with Gopala and Sally Aggarwal for three weeks
- 1965 November 28, 3:30 P.M. - Gives a lecture on "GOD CONSCIOUSNESS" at New India House, 3, East 64th Street
- 1965 - :Staying at: 72nd Street
1966 - Establishes ISKCON to awaken the sleeping souls
- 1966 Februaray 20 - 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 - Incorporates the International Society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON)
- 1966 September - Initiates first western disciples
- 1966 September 09 - Vyāsa-pūjā, appearance day of Śrīla Prabhupāda
- 1966 October 23 - Publishes 'Back to Godhead' Vol. 1, No. 1
1967 - First world tour to spread the Krishna consciousness movement
- 1967 - New York - Completed translation and commentary of Bhagavad-gītā As It Is
- 1967 January 20 - San Francisco - Lecture CC Madhya 25.19-31 - San Francisco
- 1967 July 24 - UK - Śrīla Prabhupāda's first visit to the United Kingdom "Excelsior" Hotel, Middlesex
- 1967 July 25 - Delhi - Staying at: Rādhā-Krishna Temple near Kashmiri Gate
- 1967 October 25 - Navadvipa - :Staying at: Gaudiya Math
1968 - Completed Bhagavad-gītā As It Is and many other books
- 1968 - Bhagavad-gītā As It Is abridged edition published by Macmillan
- 1969 June 30 - Completed the Nectar of Devotion
- 1969 December 14 - Rādhā-Londonisvara deity installation
- 1970 July 28 - Establishes the Governing Body Commission (GBC)
- 1970 August 29 - Establishes the life membership programme in Calcutta
- 1971 May 09 - First visit to Australia
- 1971 July - Establishes the Mayapur-Vrindaban Trust
- 1971 November 26 - :Arrives to Vṛndāvana with forty western disciples
1972 - Established around 108 temples worldwide
- 1972 Bhagavad-gita As It Is unabridged edition published by Macmillan
- 1972 May 29 - Establishes the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT)
- 1975 April 20 - Opens Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Balarama Temple on Śrī Rāma-Navami
- 1975 September 13 - Cornerstone laying at Vṛndāvana Gurukula
- 1976 May 02 - Śrī Śrī Kāliya Kṛṣṇa Deity Installation - Fiji
- 1976 June 15 - Gaura-Nitāi Deity Installation - Detroit
1977 - Left the mortal world leaving behind volumes of books and disciples
- November 14, 19:30 - Disappearance Day of Śrīla Prabhupāda - age 81
Left the mortal world leaving behind volumes of transcendental books and 1000s of disciples for spreading of this movement.
36 Articles since 1936 80+ Volumes of Books since 1944 490 Morning Walks since 1968 1,914 Lectures since 1966 907 Conversations since 1967 49 Interviews since 1968 6,523 Letters since 1947 34 Telegrams since 1969 108+ Places visited
1896 to 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977