History of the Tantric Master to early 1990

[Dharmadeva]

21 May 1921 - at 6:07 in the morning Tantric Master Shrii Shrii
Anandamurtiji (Baba)
was born.

1939 Shravanii Purnima - at 8:30 p.m. in Mitra Gat, Calcutta, First Diiks'a
(tantric initiation) to Kalicharan Bandho Padyaha (Kalikananda Avadhuta)
when
the Tantric Master was eighteen years old. 1200 persons were initiated from
then up to
1955.

1941 Baba joined the Railway Department.

1 January 1955 - first spiritual festival celebrated at Jamalpur.

9 January 1955 - First DMC (Dharma Maha Chakra) in Jamalpur, Monghyr -
Ananda Marga began.

15 to 28 March 1955 - The first group of Acaryas were created.

April/May 1955 - first group of Tatvikas were created.

6 May 1955 - the first Vasakhi Purnima (birthday) was celebrated at Monghyr.

1956 - Bandhu Singh sold a piece of land to Ananda Marga in Jamalpur; later
he tried to snatch it back. Baba filed a case and won. Later a
fierce fight occured between both parties in which a Margii was injured.

26 January 1958 - the first Renaissance Universal Club was established in
Trimohan, Bhagalpur, Bihar.

1959 - PROUT was established in Motihari, Bihar.

1959 - Baba married Uma.

1961 - the first Wholetimers (monks and nuns) were created.

1962 - Acarya Satyananda became the first Avadhuta (male).

1963 - Ananda Nagar (city of bliss) was started. ERAWS was established.

3 May 1964 - the first Primary School was opened in Laharia Sarai,
Darbangha, Bihar.

1964 - Ananda Marga Board of Education was established.

1965 - Women's Welfare Department was established.

1966 - the first Ananda Marga College was opened in Ananda Nagar.

1966 - Ananda Bharati Acarya became the first Avadhutika (female).

1966 - the first Wholetimer left India and went to Kenya to do spiritual
propagation work.

31 December 1966 - Baba came to Ananda Nagar from Jamalpur.

5 March 1967 - Acarya Abhedananda, Acarya Satchitananda, Prabhas, Subhas
and Avadh Kumar were killed in Ananda Nagar by Communists.

1967 - The first Wholetimer came to the Philippines.

1968 - Ananda Marga was registered in the Philippines.

1968 - The first Engineering college of Ananda Marga Education was opened.

1968 - Baba visited the Philippines.

1969 - Baba visited the Philippines again.

8 May 1969 - The Indian government banned Ananda Margiis from serving in
government posts. This was later overruled by the Supreme Court.

29 August 1969 - Baba was arrested in Coochbihar, Bengal. LFT (local full
timer) Shrii Ravi
Sarkar was killed in the struggle.

2 September, 1969 - Baba was released.

1970 - AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team) was established.

1970 - During Amavasya Diipava'li the Maha Mantra "Baba Nam Kevalam" was
given in Ranchi.

20 May 1971 - Baba came to Patna from Ranchi.

4 June 1971 - The police raided the Ranchi Jagrti to search for bombs, but
found nothing.

21 June 1971 - Another raid.

26 June, 1971 - Baba was arrested in Patna.

27 June 1971 - Baba was released in Ranchi after a court trial at midnight.

29 December 1971 - Baba was arrested for the third time and imprisoned in
Baxar Central Jail, Bihar.

12 February 1973 - Baba was poisoned in Bankipur Central Jail, Patna,
Bihar.

2 March 1973 - Baba sent the first of seven letters to the Bihar governor
for help. There was no response to any of them.

1 April 1973 - Baba began fasting.

5 April 1973 - Self-Immolation of Divyananda in protest in Patna at the
front of the
Assembly Huse at 4:00 AM.

24 April 1973 - Self-Immolation of Diineshvarananda in protest at Purana
Qila, Delhi.

4 August, 1973 - Four prominent MPs met Baba in prison and requested Him to
stop fasting.

27 April 1974 - Non-official Government Commissioner, Mr. Cakravarati
gives report in favor of Ananda Marga.

11 December 1974 - Acarya Atulananda self-immolated in protest in Bankipur
Central
Jail.

4 July 1975 - Ananda Marga was banned in India.

February 1976 - Mr. T. Wells of the International Commission of Jurists
came to enquire about Baba's case.

February 1976 - Sweden Wholetimer Training Center was started.

17 February 1977 - Self-immolation of Dada Gagan in Dallas, Texas.

22 March 1977 - The ban was lifted.

4 July 1978 - Patna High Court finished all the cases and set the Ananda
Margiis free.

July 1978 - In the Philippines, the Davao Wholetimer Training Center was
started.

2 August 1978 - Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji was released and broke his five
year fast.

6 September 1978 - Kaoshikii dance was invented.

27 April - 13 May 1979 - Baba visited Switzerland, Germany, Sweden,
Holland, France and Spain.

August 1979 - Baba visited Thailand and Taiwan.

September 1979 - Baba visited Greece, Israel, Turkey, Denmark, Iceland,
Jamaica and Venezuela.

1981 - The construction of the Ananda Marga Central Office in Tiljala,
Calcutta was started.

January 1982 - Communists attacked the Central Office.

21 February 1982 - Neo-Humanism was propounded.

30 April 1982 - 15 monks, one nun and one family Margii were massacred by
Communists in Calcutta.

14 September 1982 - First Prabhat Samgiit song was given at Deoghar, Bihar
by Baba.

1983 - Ananda Marga was registered in Canada.

October 1983 - Tandava (dance) case was won; Ananda Marga was recognized as
a
religious sect by the Indian Supreme Court and accorded constitutional
protection.

19 June 1983 - Varna Vijinana (language discourses) was given.

20 November 1983 - Varna Vicitra (discourses) was given.

8 September 1985 - Shabda Cayanika (discourses) was given.

1985 - Baba added 10 alphabet characters to the Sanskrit language.

1985 - The Great Depression of 1990, based on the work of P.R. Sarkar, was
published by Dr. Ravi Batra; two years later it became an international
bestseller.

31 December 1986 - The theory of Microvita was propounded.

1988 - The Ananda Marga Unit in Leningrad, U.S.S.R., celebrated P.R.
Sarkar's birthday.

18 July 1988 - The University of Beijing Academy of Arts and Sciences in
China invited Baba to an International Symposium on the future. Acarya
Raghunath represented Baba in China. Many took initiation.

August 1989 - The President of Burkina Faso visited India to see Baba, but
the West Bengal Communist Government refused to give him permission.

2 April 1990 - Acarya Asiimananda Avadhuta and four margiis were killed by
the Communists in Ananda Nagar.

--
'The main characteristic of PROUT-based socioeconomic movements
is that they aim to guarantee the comprehensive, multifarious
liberation of humanity.' P R Sarkar

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