5 June 1907
Murti-pratishtha at Bochasan Mandir by Shastriji Maharaj.
8 May 1916
Murti-pratishtha at Sarangpur Mandir by Shastriji Maharaj.
24 May 1934
Akshar Mandir Gondal Murti-pratishtha by Shastriji Maharaj;
Yogiji Maharaj appointed as Mahant.
19 October 1938
Launching of Swaminarayan Prakash, BAPS Gujarati monthly periodical.
12 July 1945
Murti-pratishtha at Atladra Mandir by Shastriji Maharaj.
24 June 1947
BAPS Trust registered.
1949
Shastriji Maharaj Suvarna Mahotsav, Atladra.
21 May 1950
Shastriji Maharaj appoints 28-year-old Shastri Narayanswarupdasji
(Pramukh Swami Maharaj) as President of BAPS, at Amli Vali
Pol in Amdavad.
10 May 1951
Shastriji Maharaj passes away to Akshardham, aged 86.
16 May 1951
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS mandir in Gadhada by Yogiji Maharaj.
1952
Yuvak Mandal established by Yogiji Maharaj.
24 June 1954
Bal Mandal established by Yogiji Maharaj.
25 April 1955
First Satsang Tour of Africa by Yogiji Maharaj. Murti-pratishtha
at Mombasa.
23 May 1955
First Satsang Shibir, Atladra .
4 December 1956
Launch of Swaminarayan Satsang Patrika, Gujarati.
23-25 December 1956
First Bal-Yuva Adhiveshan, Nairobi, Kenya. Further adhiveshans
held in East Africa in 1957, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1972.
1959-60
Second Satsang Tour of Africa by Yogiji Maharaj. Murti-pratishthas
at Kampala, Jinja, Tororo.
11 May 1961
On Gadhpur Kalash Mahotsav Yogiji Maharaj initiates 51 educated
youths into sadhu-fold.
11 May 1962
Murti-pratishtha at Amdavad BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir by Yogiji
Maharaj.
20 June 1965
Inauguration of Akshar Purushottam Chhatralay, Vidyanagar,
by Yogiji Maharaj.
12 June 1966
Inauguration of BAPS Gurukul, Gondal, by Yogiji Maharaj.
12 April 1969
Murti-pratishtha at Bhadra by Yogiji Maharaj.
8-11 May 1969
• National Bal-Yuva Adhiveshan, Atladra, India
• Yogiji Maharaj’s Satsang Tour of East Africa
& England. Murti-pratishthas at Nairobi & London.
• Yogiji Maharaj passes away to Akshardham, aged 79.
4 June 1971
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Sankari by
Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
9 July 1972
Prarambha Satsang Examination launched.
8 July 1973
Pravesh Satsang Examination launched.
26 July 1973
Launching of Premvati, Gujarati periodical for women published
by Swaminarayan Aksharpith.
1973
National Bal-Yuva Adhiveshan, London, UK.
March 1974 – January 1975
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s third foreign Satsang Tour:
Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe,
Mauritius.
June 1974
Regional Bal-Yuva Adhiveshans, India.
4 August 1974
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at New York,
USA.
September 1974
National Bal-Yuva Adhiveshan, London, UK.
1974-5
BAPS volunteers serve during famine in Gujarat and Maharashtra.
29 March 1977
First issue of Swaminarayan Bliss.
June 1977 – February 1978
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s fourth foreign Satsang Tour:
UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania. Mandirs consecrated
in Wellingborough, Leicester, Ashton, New York, Dar-es-Salaam,
Mwanza.
1977
BAPS volunteers help during typhoon in Andhra Pradesh.
May-December 1980
Pramukh Swami Maharaj's sixth foreign Satsang Tour: Kenya,
Tanzania, UK, USA, Canada, East Africa, South Africa.
7 March-13 April 1981
One-and-a-half-month long Bhagwan Swaminarayan Bicentenary
Celebrations, Amdavad. Initiation of 200 youths into sadhu
and parshad order. Over 8 million visitors.
19 April 1981
Inauguration of Yagnapurush Smruti Mandir, Sarangpur, by Pramukh
Swami Maharaj.
29 November 1981
Bal-1 Satsang Examination launched.
18-25 March 1982
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s seventh overseas Satsang Tour:
United Arab Emirates.
31 March-29 April 1982
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s eighth overseas Satsang Tour:
UK. Opening of new hari mandir in Neasden, London.
1982-3
BAPS volunteers serve during floods in Saurashtra.
2 April 1983
Launch of Swaminarayan Prakash Hindi edition.
15 May 1983
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Chhatralay, Atladra.
12 December 1983
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Mumbai by
Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
7 April 1984
Meeting between Pramukh Swami Maharaj and Pope John Paul II,
Vatican City.
23 March-84 October 1984
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s ninth overseas Satsang Tour:
Kenya, UK, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, USA, Canada,
Fiji, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore.
Hari mandirs consecrated in Preston (UK), Chicago and Los
Angeles.
1984
BAPS centres worldwide send aid during famine in Ethiopia.
20 March-14 April 1985
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 10th overseas Satsang Tour:
United Arab Emirates.
10 July-22 August 1985
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 11th overseas Satsang Tour:
UK.
Swamishri presides over the Cultural Festival of India organized
by BAPS at Alexandra Palace, London (16 July-18 August 1985).
Over 1 million visitors.
18 August 1985
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Chhatralay, Ukai.
22 October-19 December 1985
Aksharbrahma Gunatitanand Swami Bicentenary Celebrations,
Amdavad. Initiation of 200 youths into sadhu- and parshad-order.
Over 8 million visitors.
25 June 1986
Inauguration of BAPS Gunatit Vidya Mandir (School), Gunatitnagar
(Bhadra).
1987
BAPS humanitarian service during the drought and famine in
Gujarat: 4 cattle camps, over 13,100,000 litres of buttermilk
and 284,800 kg of grains were distributed.
7 April 1988-12 January 1989
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 12th overseas Satsang Tour:
UK, France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, West Germany,
Sweden, Norway, USA, Canada, Trinidad, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia,
South Africa, Mauritius. Honoured by Parliaments of Britain
and Canada. Mandirs consecrated in Atlanta and Houston.
22-26 May 1989
International Bal Adhiveshan, Vidyanagar, India. 15,000 children
participated.
1989
BAPS honoured with ‘Best Children Activities Award’
by Government of Gujarat.
22-26 May 1990
International Yuva Adhiveshan, Vidyanagar, India. 21,000 youths
participated.
14 June-12 November 1990
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 13th overseas Satsang Tour:
UK, USA, Canada.
March 1991
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Chhatralay, Mount Abu.
3 June 1991
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Chhatralay, Surat.
8 June 1991
Inauguration of Shri Pramukh Swami Vidya Mandir, Chansad.
8 June-18 October 1991
• Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 14th foreign Satsang
Tour: UK, USA, Canada, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, S. Africa.
Mandirs consecrated in Edison, Eldoret, Kampala, Jinja, Johannesburg.
• Celebration of Cultural Festival of India (12 July-11
August), Edison, NJ, USA. Over 1 million visitors.
• Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Johannesburg
(21 September), South Africa, by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
23 November 1991
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Chhatralay, Nadiad.
1 April 1992
Pramukh Swami Health Services, a division of the BAPS, undertakes
administration of TMV Hospital, Botad. Over 669,859 patients
treated upto December 2006.
1 September 1992
Inauguration of The Swaminarayan Independent Day School, London.
30 October-2 December 1992
Yogiji Maharaj Centenary Celebrations, Gandhinagar. Over 6
million visitors.
2 November 1992
Inauguration of Akshardham, Gandhinagar .
11 November 1992
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha receives the Government of India’s
National Award for Child Welfare, presented by the President
of India.
1992
BAPS volunteers serve during famine in Jamnagar district,
Gujarat.
1993
BAPS provides relief and rehabilitation in the aftermath of
the earthquake in Latur, Maharashtra. Emergency aid to 15
villages, 600 homes in 7 villages were reconstructed.
29 April-1 October 1994
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 15th overseas Satsang Tour:
UK, USA, Canada, Sweden, Czech Republic, Kenya.
August-September 1994
BAPS volunteers serve during pneumonic plague in Surat.
28 October 1994
First BAPS Medico-Spiritual Conference organized. Total of
75 held upto December 2006. Total attendance: 20,129 doctors
and paramedics.
1995
BAPS granted affiliation to the United Nations as ‘NGO
in Consultative Status to the Economic and Social Council
of the UN’.
July 1995
BAPS volunteers help during floods in West Bengal.
15 July-31 October 1995
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 16th overseas Satsang Tour:
UK, Kenya, France, Germany, South Africa. Murti-pratishtha
of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at London (20 August) by Pramukh
Swami Maharaj.
25 November-31 December 1995
Pramukh Swami Maharaj Amrut Mahotsav, Mumbai. Over 8.1 million
visitors.
29 December 1995
Inauguration of Pramukh Swami Eye Hospital, Mumbai. Over 714,400
patients treated upto December 2006.
January 1996
Swaminarayan Aksharpith, publishing house of BAPS, receives
‘Excellence in Printing’ award from All India
Federation of Master Printers, New Delhi, India.
18 June-6 November 1996
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 17th overseas Satsang Tour:
USA, UK, Pacific, Far East. Adhiveshan at Catskill, USA (28
July-2 August): over 3,000 participants.
October 1996
Regional Karyakar Adhiveshans, India. Total: 1,448 participants.
November 1996
BAPS volunteers serve after cyclone in Andhra Pradesh. Emergency
aid to over 10,000 families in 20 villages.
7 December 1996
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Surendranagar
by Pramukh Swami Maharaj
11 December 1996
Pramukh Swami Health Care & Research Centre, Amdavad,
inaugurated. Over 350,300 patients treated upto December 2006.
16 December 1996
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Surat by Pramukh
Swami Maharaj
1996
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London, receives ‘Most Enterprising
Building Award, 1996’, from Royal Fine Art Commission
& British Sky Broadcasting.
27 March-25 April 1997
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 18th foreign Satsang Tour: Gulf
Countries
22 June 1997
Inauguration of The Swaminarayan School, Nagpur, Maharashtra
June 1997
Inter-Regional Bal-Balika Adhiveshans, India. Over 20,000
children participate.
June 1997
BAPS volunteers serve during floods in Gujarat. Over 70,000
food packets prepared and distributed.
21 October-11 November 1997
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 19th foreign Satsang Tour: UK.
June 1998
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Chhatralay, Dhuliya.
June 1998
BAPS volunteers help after cyclone in South Gujarat: Emergency
aid to 5000 families, 20 schools rebuilt.
4 July-8 November 1998
• Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 20th overseas Satsang
Tour: USA, UK, Africa.
August 1998
BAPS volunteers help during floods in Surat: Emergency aid
to 100,000 families.
26 November 1998
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Rajkot by
Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
1998
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London, acclaimed as one of the
70 Wonders of the Modern World by Reader’s Digest.
22 January 1999
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Mahelav by
Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
31 July-21 October 1999
• Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 21st overseas Satsang
Tour: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Israel, Egypt.
• Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Durban
(9 August), South Africa, by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
• Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Nairobi
(29 August), by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
August 1999
BAPS Mobile Dispensary inaugurated in Khedbrahma. Over 269,835
patients (mostly tribal and poor) treated free of cost upto
December 2006.
October 1999
BAPS Mobile Dispensary inaugurated in Pavi Jetpur. Over 224,205
patients (mostly tribal and poor) treated free of cost upto
December 2006.
November 1999
First BAPS Mobile Dispensary inaugurated in Dharampur. Over
237,155 patients treated free of cost upto December 2006.
November-December 1999
BAPS relief and rehabilitation after super cyclone in Orissa:
Emergency aid to over 15,000 families in 91 villages, 3 villages
reconstructed.
15 December 1999
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Tithal by
Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
1-20 May 2000
De-addiction campaign by 10,000 BAPS children. Over 400,000
people de-addicted.
May
2000
Inauguration of Pramukh Swami Hospital, Dabhoi. Over 202,395
patients treated upto December 2006.
May-June 2000
Inter-Regional Kishore-Kishori Adhiveshans, India. Over 5,000
participants.
9 June-6 November 2000
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 22nd overseas Satsang Tour:
USA, Canada, UK, France, Portugal.
12 June 2000
BAPS Mobile Dispensary inaugurated in Rajpipla. Over 185,387
patients treated free of charge upto December 2006.
8 July 2000
Guinness World Records recognize Pramukh Swami Maharaj as
having constructed the most mandirs. Current total is over
700 mandirs.
12 August 2000
BAPS Mobile Dispensary inaugurated in Dang Vansda. Over 147,065
patients treated free of charge upto December 2006.
29 August 2000
Pramukh Swami Maharaj addresses the World Religions Conference
at the United Nations, New York, USA.
4 October 2000
Meeting between Pramukh Swami Maharaj and President Bill Clinton,
Florida, USA.
October 2000
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nairobi, Kenya, receives Millennium
Award for Excellence in Architecture from the Architectural
Association of Kenya.
2 December 2000
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Vidya Mandir for Girls,
Karamsad.
3 December 2000
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Anand by Pramukh
Swami Maharaj
January 2001
BAPS serves after earthquake in Gujarat: Emergency aid to
409 villages, 900,000 food packets distributed, 1.8 million
hot meals served, 45,000 patients treated, 9 villages and
colonies (1,529 homes) reconstructed, 43 schools built and
renovated.
February 2001
Inauguration of Pramukh Swami Hospital & Research Centre,
Atladra. Over 186,600 patients treated upto December 2006.
6-25 April 2001
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 23rd overseas Satsang Tour:
Gulf Countries.
18 May 2001
Murti-pratishtha of shikharbaddh BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir
at Sankari by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
6 June 2001
Rotary International Mumbai’s highest accolade ‘Service
Above Self’ presented to Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
June 2001
Inauguration of Bhakti Hostel, Karamsad.
July-August 2001
BAPS volunteers help during floods in Orissa. Food medical
and other essential emergency aid to 37,000 people in 107
flooded villages in Jagatsinhpur and Kendrapada.
21 July 2001
Pramukh Swami Maharaj and BAPS receive G.D. Birla International
Award for Preservation of India’s Heritage & Culture.
Presented by vice-president of India, H.E. Krishna Kant.
25 November 2001
Murti-pratishtha of shikharbaddh BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir
at Dholka by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
9 December 2001
Murti-pratishtha of shikharbaddh BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir
at Bharuch by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
17 January-26 February 2002
• Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 24th overseas Satsang
Tour: Pacific, Far East.
• BAPS Swaminarayan Mandirs consecrated in Perth (27
January), Sydney (2 February) and Auckland (17 February).
17 May 2002
Inauguration of Pramukh Swami Vidya Mandir (Primary and Secondary
School) and BAPS Swaminarayan Chhatralay, Sarangpur.
6 February 2003
Murti-pratishtha of shikharbaddh BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir
at New Delhi by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
6 February 2003
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Vidya Mandir (Primary School),
Mt. Abu, Rajasthan.
May 2003
Ideal Home Campaign by 17,500 BAPS children. Over 475,000
families contacted.
8 February 2004
50th anniversary of BAPS Bal Mandal. Celebration at Akshardham,
Gandhinagar, in the presence of Pramukh Swami Maharaj and
H.E. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India. 20,000 children
attended. Broadcast live to over 150 countries.
23 April-29 October 2004
• Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 25th overseas Satsang
Tour: UK, USA, Africa.
• BAPS shikharbaddh Swaminarayan Mandirs consecrated
by Pramukh Swami Maharaj in Houston (25 July), Chicago (8
August), and a hari mandir consecrated in Lenasia, South Africa
(9 November).
18 June 2004
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Vidya Mandir (Primary and
Secondary School), Silvassa.
December 2004
BAPS volunteers serve after tsunami on east coast of South
India: Emergency aid to 51 villages, 174,000 hot meals served
and 2 villages – Pattipulamkuppam and Mahabalipuram
– reconstructed.
13 January 2005
BAPS Bal-Balika Mandal, UK, wins joint-first prize in ‘Innovation
and Change’ category of the British Educational Communications
and Technology Agency (BECTA) ‘IT in Practice Awards’
for its Cosmic Voyage CD-ROM.
30 January 2005
Inauguration of Pramukh Swami Hospital, Surat. Over 67,300
patients treated upto December 2006.
31 January 2005
Mystic India – first large format film of India, produced
by BAPS Care International – wins Audience’s Choice
Prize at 10th International Large Format Film Festival at
Le Geode, France.
16 June 2005
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Vidya Mandir (Primary and
Secondary School), Atladra.
August 2005
BAPS assists after Hurricane Katrina in USA.
5 October 2005
Murti-pratishtha of shikharbaddh BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir
at Jaipur by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
6 November 2005
Inauguration of Swaminarayan Akshardham, New Delhi, by Pramukh
Swami Maharaj, H.E. President APJ Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, Opposition Leader Shri L.K. Advani and Lt.
Governor of Delhi Shri B.L. Joshi.
3 May 2006
Murti-pratishtha of shikharbaddh BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir
at Junagadh by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
19 May 2006
Murti-pratishtha of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir at Bhavnagar
by Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
31 May 2006
Inauguration of Swaminarayan Vidya Mandir Prathmik Shala (Primary
School), Paranera, Valsad (Tithal).
1 June 2006
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Vidya Mandir (school), Bakrol.
28 June 2006
Inauguration of BAPS Swaminarayan Vidya Mandir (school), Raisan.
July 2006
BAPS serves during floods in Gujarat (Surat, Kheda and other
districts): 325,000 food packets, 6,000 50 kg family ration
kits distributed.
28 November 2006
BAPS Centenary Celebrations launched, Bochasan.
1-15 May 2007
De-addiction Campaign by 23,000 BAPS children throughout Gujarat,
Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata.
7 May-12 October 2007
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s 27th overseas Satsang tour:
East Africa, UK, USA, Canada. Murti-pratishthas at BAPS Swaminarayan
shikharbaddh Mandirs in Toronto (22 July) and Atlanta (26
August). BAPS Centenary Year Celebrations held in Chicago,
Houston, Toronto, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Edison, etc.
