Wellbus Kirkland Visits Qadian

Mr. Wellbus Kirkland of Chicago, a representative of a well-known newspaper, “Life” of New York, arrived in Qadian and conversed with Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul-Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him). (Tarikh Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 8, p. 201).

D-Day

American and British forces invaded Normandy. A year later, the Allies had freed France and taken Berlin.

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(Image Courtesy of The National WWII Museum.)

Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a city in Japan. (Wikipedia)

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The US dropped another atomic bomb. This time in Nagasaki, another city of Japan, forcing unconditional surrender.

Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir

Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir (missionary in the US 1946-1959) arrived in the US in 1946. He served as an assistant to Sufi M. R. Bengalee until 1948 and then succeeded him as missionary in-charge. 

Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir started Annual Conventions, initiated the elections of the National Executives and National Auxiliaries, published new books and launched the Ahmadiyya Gazette. (50th Jalsa Salana Souvenir Ahmadiyya Community, USA, June 1998, p. 57).

The annual subscription of the US Jama’at reached $40,000. (Al-Fazl, 17 April 1946).

St. Louis Chapter Established

Sufi M.R. Bengalee established the St. Louis chapter. (Al-Fazl, 14 February 1947).

New Jersey Chapter Established

Sufi M.R. Bengalee established the New Jersey chapter. (Al-Fazl, 11 April 1947).

Ghulam Yasin Khan Assumes Charge

Ghulam Yasin Khan assumed charge as a US missionary in June 1947 (Al-Fazl, 26 June 1947) and remained in the US till 9/3/1963. (New York Souvenir 1989, p. 16).

Boston Chapter Established

Dr. M.R. Bengalee established the Boston chapter. (Al-Fazl, 13 August 1947).

Speeches to Local Arabs

Missionaries Sufi Mutiur Rahman Bengalee and Khalil Ahmad Nasir delivered speeches in a local Arabs meeting. (Al-Fazl, 11 April 1948, p. 5).

Women’s Club Invites Missionary

A women’s club in Chicago invited Missionary Khalil Ahmad Nasir to deliver a lecture on Islam. He answered questions from the audience for one hour.

Missionary Khalil Ahmad Nasir delivered a speech on “Islamic viewpoint on Palestine issue”.  A local newspaper mentioned this in one column report. A detailed summary was also published later. About one hundred members of the Rotary Club participated.

B & B Club and Tuxes Club in Evanston jointly held a meeting and invited missionary Khalil Ahmad Nasir to talk on 29 February 1948. (Al-Fazl, 11 April 1948, p. 5).

Boston Chpater Established

The Boston chapter was established by missionary Khalil Ahmad Nasir. A small new chapter in Jersey City was established by missionaries Khalil Ahmad Nasir and Mirza Monawar Ahmad. (Al-Fazl, 11 April 1948, p. 5).

Mirza Monawar Ahmad Passes Away

Mirza Monawar Ahmad, missionary Pittsburgh PA, had a tumor and was operated on in a local hospital. He could not survive. He expired on 15 September 1948. Khalifatul-Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned about his qualities in his Friday sermon of 24 September 1948. (Al-Fazl, October 6, 1948, p. 6, “Shuhada-e-Ahmadiyyat, Aaghaz Ta ‘Ahd-e-Khilafat-4,” p. 89, Compilation of Ahmadi martyrs from Friday Sermons of Khulafa II, III and IV under the auspices of hundred years jubilee of Ahmadiyya Khilafat (1908-2008).

Buy a House

Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him) instructed missionary Chaudhri Khalil Ahmad Nasir in August 1949 to buy a house for the Ahmadiyya Mission in Washington.

A three-story building was procured for $42,000 for the mosque and Washington Mission. Another $3000 was spent on its repair. (Al-Fazl, 24 June 1950, p. 5).

Participation in Annual Conference

Missionary Abdul Qadir Zaighum participated in the annual conference on the instructions of Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih II. (Tarikh Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 13, p. 108).

Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, USA, held two-day second Annual Convention in Pittsburgh on 17-18 September 1949. It was inaugurated by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir. At his request, Khalifatul-Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a message. He directed the Jama’at USA to adopt the message of the Promised Messiah (peace be on him) about Al-Wasiyyat.

Chaudhri Muhammad Zafrulla Khan attended the convention and delivered two speeches. Two hundred attended the convention. (Review of Religions, January 1956, pp. 8-12, Al-Fazl, 6 October 1950, p. 2).

A new Department, the Co-operative Committee was created at the second annual convention. The principal object was to institute ways and means of helping our sisters and brothers to work in unity and to co-operate with one another to better their social, financial and spiritual conditions. (Tarikh Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 14, p. 43, The Ahmadiyya Gazette USA, June 1950, Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 13).

Amatul Hafiz Nasir

Amatul Hafiz Nasir (wife of Dr Khalil Nasir) had been the first National Sadr Lajna, appointed in 1949 by the Missionary-in-Charge. Amatul Hafiz Nasir worked tirelessly for Lajna members in the first Majalis (chapters) in the USA including Dayton, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Chicago, New York and St. Louis (USA Khilafat Centenary Souvenir 2008).

Lajna USA established contact with the Center, Rabwah. In the beginning Lajna started a few page magazine “Lajna News.” Later Lajna also started publishing regularly a magazine named “Ayesha.” (Tarikh Lajna Ima’illah, Vol. 4, p. 562).