18 February 1922 Baba’s birthday is celebrated at Sadashiv Patel’s house in Poona (Pune). Here Baba declares Gulmai as his spiritual mother and Shireen as his worldly mother. 18 February 1926 With festoons, potted palms, flowers and garlands, all structures such as the Jhopdi, the Table Cabin, the dhuni, Upasni Serai, Sai Darbar and the Water Tank on Meherabad Hill were beautifully decorated for B... »
17 February 1927 On 17 February, Baba bathed 150 poor boys at Upper Meherabad opposite the Water Tank, and he served them food with his own hands. The mandali were served the same food and all returned to lower Meherabad at one o’clock. Behramji was responsible for the arrangements and complained to Baba that some of the mandali had disobeyed him and had not brought with them the remaining m... »
16 February 1934 For some time, Sampath Aiyangar had been especially anxious for Baba to come to Madras to celebrate his birthday. Accepting the invitation, Baba left Ahmednagar by bus for Dhond in the afternoon of 16 February 1934, accompanied by Adi Sr., Chanji, Naval, Pendu, Sailor, Sidhu and Dadu. Rustom, Ramjoo and Sayyed Saheb left Nasik and met the group at Dhond, where they boarded a train... »
15 February 1923 Baba orders a search throughout Bombay for the blind and destitute so he can feed them. Nearly 800 people are fed. 15 February 1955 From 15 February, exactly at twelve midnight, repeat my name [audibly] one night 14 times and the next night 28 and so on alternately for one year. But mind that you do not miss even a single night of repetition, come what may — even if you are on you... »
14 February 1943 Baba dictates “The Task for Spiritual Workers.” 14 February 1948 Baba dictated this message to Don for Filis: “No sense of sacrifice should be too great for the spiritual ideal, and no ideal of this supreme nature, in its various aspects, was realized without sacrifice.” 14 February 1958 Over 750 Hindi and Marathi speaking lovers and devotees arrived at Meherabad... »
13 February 1923 On 13 February, a large pandal (tent) was erected over the backyard of the compound for Maha Shivratri and Baba’s 29th birthday celebration. Bhajan singing was held there at midnight. Baba, however, spent most of the time with Ghani in the upper hall. 13 February 1939 On 13 February 1939, Baba explained that there were six spiritually advanced souls in Ajmer: two on the sixt... »
12 February 1949 On Saturday, 12 February 1949, Baba went to Upper Meherabad in the morning. It was his 55th birthday, but no special celebration was done (except for the serving of a traditional sweet dish). In the afternoon the mandali were called to the hall at lower Meherabad, where Baba reviewed their choices for disposal of their body in case of death and their individual wills. 12 February ... »
11 February 1931 On Wednesday, 11 February 1931, Baba took a few of the mandali to Poona, where they stayed at the home of Sadashiv Patil. Baba attended Sadashiv’s daughter’s wedding, and the nuptial ceremony turned into a large darshan program as several hundred people came to pay their respects to the Master. Among the leading guests was the Maharaja of Bhor, and the wedding seemed t... »
10 February 1933 Baba suddenly decides to have a British passport instead of a Persian one and has the application prepared. 10 February 1954 On his second trip to Hamirpur, in the early hours of the morning following a night vigil of songs, jokes and Prayer of Repentance, Baba declared Himself to be the Avatar for the first time publicly and spells out on His alphabet board for the first time, &#... »
9 February 1948 Baba departed Allahabad on the night of 9 February, taking Sadashiv, Vithal, Baidul, Eruch, Jalbhai, Dhake and Adi Sr. with him, and leaving Babadas behind. They spent 36 hours in the train, changing trains several times en route. During the journey, as well as during his strenuous work in Allahabad, Baba and the mandali had been observing their partial fast of one meal a day. At o... »