27 March 1923: Hazrat Maulvi Muhammad Din (ra), former headmaster of TI High School, Qadian and editor of The Review of Religions, the missionary designated for America, landed in Boston from England on this day. He reached Chicago on 29 March 1923. He took up his work in earnest under the guidance of Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq (ra).
To read more about him, see: ‘‘Pioneer Missionaries: Part 19 – Hazrat Maulvi Muhammad Din – Companion of the Messiah, resilient missionary and devoted individual’’ at www.alhakam.org (19 November 2024).
27 March 2004: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (aa) addressed the closing session of the Jalsa Salana of Burkina Faso. During the proceedings, Omar Moaz Sahib recited a poem based on the revelation of the Promised Messiah (as):
اِنِّيْ مَعَكَ يَا مَسْرُوْرُ
“Surely, I am with you, O Masroor.” (Tadhkirah [English], UK, 2019, pp. 1016)
This revelation was repeated in the poem and 13000 Ahmadi Muslims, together in one voice, repeated the revelation during the recitation of the poem. (Al Fazl, 9 April 2004, p. 4)
28 March 1999: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) led the Eid-ul-Adha at the proposed site of the Baitul Futuh Mosque, Morden, UK. (Al Fazl, 16 April 1999, p. 1)
29 March 2013: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (aa) inaugurated an Ahmadiyya mosque in Valencia, Spain. It was the second mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Spain after the Basharat Mosque in Pedro Abad. (Al Fazl, 19 April 2013, p. 5)
30 March 1905: On this day, the Promised Messiah (as) appointed Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq (ra) as the editor of Al Badr [later Badr] after the demise of Hazrat Babu Muhammad Afzal (ra). (Malfuzat [1988], Vol. 4, p. 251)
30 March 1984: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) encouraged members of the Jamaat who had retired from their jobs to devote their lives to the service of the Jamaat as waqifeen, to cater for the ever-expanding needs of Jamaat projects. (Khutbat-e-Tahir, Vol. 3, p. 173)
31 March 1906: The Paisa Akhbar was a popular Urdu newspaper published in Lahore, British India. The paper was established in 1887. On this day, the Paisa Akhbar published the Promised Messiah’s (as) prophecy about the upcoming heavenly signs and global sufferings:
پهر چلے آتے ہيں يارو زلزلہ آنے كے دن
[O friends, the days of earthquakes are nigh again.]
This prophecy, which was encapsulated in a poem, spread far and wide through the circulation of this newspaper. (Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, Vol. 3, p. 551)
31 March 1972: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih III (rh) inaugurated Masjid Aqsa, Rabwah, with the Friday prayer. For more details, see “Masjid Aqsa, Rabwah”, at alhakam.org (22 October 2021, pp. 10-11).
31 March 1989: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) inaugurated an Ahmadiyya mission house in Galway, South Ireland, which he announced in his Friday sermon. It was the first journey of Huzoor (rh) in the second century of Jamaat. In the evening, a special reception was also held to mark the occasion, where many dignitaries participated. (Khutbat-e-Tahir, Vol. 8, p. 203; Silsila-e-Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 854)
1 April 1901: The Promised Messiah (as) was resolute in his efforts to spread the message of Islam to the Western world. To attain this grand goal, alongside other schemes, he desired to publish a magazine, to manage which, he formed an association by the name Anjuman-Ishaat-e-Islam [Society for the Propagation of Islam]. It held its first meeting on this day. The association decided to name the magazine “The Review of Religions”, which has been published to date. Hazrat Hakim Maulvi Nuruddin (ra) was appointed the president of the Anjuman. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 2, p. 165)
1 April 1953: On this day, the martial law authorities of Pakistan arrested Hazrat Mirza Sharif Ahmad (ra) and Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad (rh) in Lahore, falsely accusing them of holding unauthorised arms. Following an imprisonment of about two months, both were acquitted by the courts, which found no evidence of criminal activity. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 15, p. 254)
2 April 1935: On this day, the Lahore High Court issued a ruling against the implementation of Section 144 in Qadian, which was imposed amidst the anti-Ahmadiyya agitation from the Ahrar. This meant that local Ahmadis were not allowed to move freely in town. The next day, The Civil and Military Gazette wrote the following:
“The restrictions which were imposed upon the residents of Qadian by the District Magistrate of Gurdaspur under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code and which remained in force from 30 January to 30 March last were invalid, according to a judgement delivered by Mr Justice Currie of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday.”
For more details, see “Historical analysis of Ahrar’s anti-Ahmadiyya agitation – Part 2” at alhakam.org (13 October 2023, p. 14).
2 April 1989: In connection with the Jamaat’s centenary celebrations, on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) participated in a discussion at the studio of LBC Radio with the representatives of the Christian and Jewish faiths. (Silsila-e-Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 854)