Meher Baba Travels  * Chronology *

 

 

1929 - Bombay, India. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.
1929 - Bombay, India. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

                   1913

 

                    For the next ten years detailed dates are very hard to obtain.

 

                  May - Merwan was doing his final exams at Deccan College.On one of those days he was riding his bicycle the College along Malcolm Tank Road near Char Bawdi, when he noticed large crowd surrounding the old lady Hazrat Babajan who was seated under a neem tree. Merwan had passed by & knew her, she was well regarded by the local Mohammedan community, but he never paid much attention to her.

                    As he rode by he happened to glance at her & at that moment she looked at him & nodded to  him to come to her. He got off his bike & walked over to her. She was extremely happy to see  him, she stood up with her arms spread out wide, embraced Merwan as if she had just found  her lost son. Tears ran down her wrinkled cheeks as she repeated " Mere piarra beta" .." My Beloved Son "......)

                  Merwan was speechless & stood motionless like a statue in front of her. He felt as if he had an electric current throughout his body. He was also experiencing his consciousness merging with the Ocean of Bliss. Although very dazed he still managed slowly to walk home. He left  his bicycle behind.

He gradually lost interest in all his studies and sports.

For the next 7 months, he would be with Babajan everyday & late into the night. They seldom spoke.

 

                         1914

 

                         One night in January, as he was about to leave, he kissed her hand and she in turn held his face in her hands.

                    She looked into his eyes & kissed him on the forehead, she then turned to her followers and pointed with her little finger to Merwan and said " This is my beloved son,..... He will one day shake the world and all of humanity will be benefited by him". Merwan just stood there, he had lost his grip of his mind somehow he walked home, arriving at 11PM, he went straight to bed.

                     For the next 9 months Merwan lived without sleep, his eyes were galssy- staring, sitting motionless  for hours, his diet was almost non-existant. During this time, W.W.1 had started in June. 

                    Merwan decided to go to Udwada, on the coast in Gujarat, a holy place for Parsis in India, the original fire was brought here from Persia 1,200 years prior & the original fire was still burning. Merwan went  with 6 others, they spent 3 days there and each day Merwan would lead them to prayer in the temple.

They would then sit under the palm trees or walk along the beach. Merwan had paid for everyone's fares & expenses. From Udwada they went to Navsari, Surat & Broach - along the western coast,  staying 2 days in each town. When  they arrived in Bombay, they stayed at Panday's Dharmashala   ( rest house ). They hired a boat & visited the Gharapuri Caves on Elephanta Island, some 3 miles from Bombay harbour in the Arabian Sea.

                    Two days later, they went back to Poona. Merwan was introduced by his friend Khodu a recent immigrant from Persia - Beheram  known as Behramji - he was 22 years old. Merwan started to teach him to read & write Persian - he came daily.

 

                      1915

 

                    April - Merwan left by train for Raichur, but got off at Kedgaon - 50 miles      ( 80 Kms ) from Poona. He enquired  to see Narayan Maharaj - he was told to go to the Temple of Dattatrey, Narayan was seated on his throne. When he saw Merwan, he asked the crowd to disperse. He rose & went up to Merwan and led him to throne and made he sit on it. He then garlanded him from one from around his neck & offered him mango juice. Merwan stayed over-night & left the next morning back to Poona. He was back within 24 hours.

                   Several days later, Merwan & 3 others went to Bombay, where they met the Chargeman of the city, a 6th plane saint- Tipu Baba, then they went to Aurangabad where they met a 7th plane saint -  Bane Miyan Baba - his master was Sai Baba. Two of the men went back to Poona, Behramji & Merwan then went to Nagpur to meet Tajuddin Baba, upon arrival they had to take a tonga for another 7 kms to the town of Vaki Shariff. As they approached Taj, he was holding roses in his hand and he then limped towards Merwan, silently, he then caressed Merwan's cheeks and forehead with the roses. They then left for the station - Taj called out "My rose, my heavenly rose ". As the train pulled out, Merwan muttered "Taj, Taj !  My Taj ".

                      Later, Merwan went with his friend Khodu to see Sai Baba at Shirdi, as they approached the village, the villagers  had blocked the road, they had instructions from Sai, not allowing anyone through. They  waited under tree, even through the night - it was very cold & Khodu shivered all night. In the afternoon, Sai sent word he'll see them ( he was 77 at the time ) - he was seated  in his mosque "The Mother of Mercy" . Khodu was beckoned first & when he bowed down to him Sai slapped his back hard. He then enquired who his friend was ? He  replied " His name is Merwan......." Sai went off & came back, this time Merwan was streched full length on the ground. Sai uttered in a very deep voice "Parvardigar". Merwan rose & Sai paid obseisance to him & cried out "Parvardigar" & beckoned the  two to walk on & again for the third time he cried out "Parvardigar". 

                       Immediately, Merwan & Khodu walked to a Hindu temple 3 miles away. It was the Khandoba temple & Upasni Maharaj was seated on its steps. As Merwan approached, Upasni stood up, picked up a stone & threw it with all his might & it struck him on his forehead, exactly on the spot Babajan kissed him. Baba always had a perminent scar . After spending the rest of the day & night with Upasni ( Khodu was waiting outside ). The next day Khodu took Merwan back to Poona & cleaned the deep wound & dressed it.

                  Once a month, Merwan would visit Sai Baba & Upasni Maharaj. At the same time, he had a job as a clerk, then  a school teacher at Nargol village in Gujarat, he lasted only a few months & returned to Poona.

 

                         1916

 

He moved with Rustom & his family to Calcutta. After 3 months he returned to Poona. Whilst in Calcutta he was pesterd by an owner ( Cavas Khateo ) of a theatre troupe - Khatao Theatrical Company. He was offered management of the company. Merwan  turned him down numerous times, now in Poona, he wrote to Cavas he'll take job. The troupe travelled to Lahore. Several weeks later, Cavas dies & the company is disbanded. Merwan returns to Poona. During this long periods, Merwan was pounding his forehead continually. Meanwhile, Merwan's father - Sheriar is taken to Bombay for an operation. Merwan took over the running of the Sheriar Cafe.

 

                        1917

 

                     In the beginning of the year, Sheriar sold his tea shop, borrowed money, obtained a licence to open a toddy shop on Sachapir Street. Merwan worked every day with his father.

                    Feb.( 16th ) Merwan composed a gazal and posted it under a pen name of Huma - to a Gujarati writer - Soma ( Sohrab Muncherji Desai ) of Navsari.

 

                        April - Merwan was invited to attend Upasni's foundation-laying ceremony of a medical dispensary in the town-ship of Sion in Bombay. Merwan met a disciple of Upasni's - Gustadji.... Merwan returned to Poona & worked at his father's toddy shop working 2 hours per day & visiting Babajan every night.

 

                 One day, Merwan's friend Bailey who had already enlisted in the British Navy & had active duty, was on leave & he met Merwan & persuaded him to join the Navy as well. He was taken to Navy headquaters & signed up - his family was not aware of his actions, When his father found out he refused to give him permission to join - he went to the headquaters & used his influence to remove Merwan's name. Before Bailey was posted overseas ( Aden ) , he went with Merwan to get Babajan's blessing - she foretold certain events that would affect him some years later.

 

                  In July, Upasni Maharaj moved from Khandoba's temple to the village of Sakori. Merwan was a regular visitor. His new abode used to be cemetary grounds. Merwan would travel by train to Sakori and he would make many over the next year.

 

                        1918

 

                  August ( 1st ) Behramji procured a licquor licence ( in his name ) & in partnership with Merwan opened a toddy shop at 723 Kasba Peth Road on a fishing wharf of a river. Soon afterwards, his friends started to call him Merwanji, then later to Merwan Seth. He was still pounding his forehead daily, for up to 4 hours.

                    October - Sai Baba dropped his body & was buried.

                   December - Merwan Seth's baby sister Maniji was born - he was 24 years old.     

                        1919

 

                     Later during the year, Sheriar Irani ( Merwan Seth's father ) purchased the house across the lane from Pumpkin House - the new address was ;   765  Butler Moholla - this house was more spacious, which was needed for the 7 children.

                   August - Merwan Seth and many others from Poona & Bombay went to see Upasni at Sakori. After blessing the Zoroastrian group they left by horse tonga in the evening to the train station in Rahata. They all took the train but Merwan Seth & Behramji got off at Belapur & indicated they were going to see Tajuddin Baba in Nagpur.

                    During the year, Merwan Seth built at his expense the first temple in Sakori for Upasni - to perform his arti. Later on, he & Sadashiv went with Upasni to Benares to honor Sai Baba. Upasni had taken Sai's charge which upset many Muslims that a Hindu would be chosen & Brahamin's were upset that he would even honour a Musim. Large amounts of food had been bought for this big occassion & many refused to eat, so Upasni ordered the food to be thrown in the river after the poor were fed. The priest relented, Upasni forgave them, but refused to feed them. He then told Merwan Seth & Sadashiv to go south to Jagannath Puri ( was a city on the eastern coast ), while he returned to Sakori. They stayed at a rest house in a temple. They bathed in the sea & then took the train west to Kharagpur, the next day. They stayed with Upasni's devotees & then onto Nagpur. When they  arrived he made Sadashiv to swear that he'd take flowers & fruit & give them to Tajuddin Baba. But everytime, he would arrive, he'd learn that he just left, he repeated this for 3 days on a 18 Kms trip,  finally met him. Taj revealed that he was with Merwan Seth every time. They then left by train to see Upasni at Sakori and onto Poona after a month's journey.

                  After a few days in Poona, Upasni called Merwan Seth, Sadashiv to Sakori & then onto Nasik. The 3 then walked the 4 miles  from Nasik to a Hindu temple in the jungle called ' Mahadev ' temple. The next day, Upasni took them to the village of Gawalwadi, where they climbed the mountain of Bhorgad. This is where Upasni spent a whole year in a cave repeating God's name. They stayed  the night in the cave & the next day, they walked back to Nasik & then departed for Sakori. When they arrived- Upasni stayed & Merwan Seth & Sadashiv went back to Poona.

 

                   1920

 

Merwan Seth spent most of the year in seclusion. Later in the year, Merwan Seth & Sayyed went to the cave that Upasni Maharaj used at Gawalwadi. Merwan Seth stayed in the cave for 40 days,Sayyed would bring milk daily for Merwan Seth as he was also fasting, from the village. When they returned to Nasik, Merwan Seth stayed at Sayyed's home. In the presence of the other men staying with them,  Sayyed proposed a new name - all agreed on Meher Baba.

                  Soon after they returned to Poona, everyone called him by his new name - Meher Baba.

 

                1921

 

                    Earlier in the year Meher Baba met two Irani sisters Freiny Driver & Daulat Irani - she had two daughters -   Mehera & Freiny.

                 In Ahmednager, Gulmai & her husband Kaikhushru, built a new house which was named "Sarosh  Manzil", they invited Upasni Maharaj to cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony. Their sons- Rustom & Adi drove to Sakori in the family automobile, Upasni happily came, but he invited Meher Baba who came with Gustadji the next day from Poona. This was Meher Baba's 1st visit to Ahmednagar.

                  Upasni & Meher Baba stayed for 7 days as honoured guest. Adi became seriously ill during this time, he was nursed back to good health by the 2 masters. Just as Upasni was to be driven back to Sakori, he made a pronouncement to all present " When I provide Meher Baba with the engine, your prophet Zarathustra will manifest ! " Meher Baba & Gustadji both departed for Poona.

                       July - a prohibition movement started in India & protests against liqour & toddy shops arose. 

                     Meher Baba closed the toddy shop in Kasba Peth and left Poona due to the prohibition of alcohol and went to stay with Upasni Maharaj in Sakori. He returned 6 months later to Poona. Meher Baba regained his normal consciousness of the world - this process had taken 8 - 9 years.

 

                    1922

 

In January, Merwan left Sakori as a  fully Perfect Master. As he rode away in a tonga to the train station, his  Master - Upasni Maharaj saluted him as Adi-Shakti --- the Avatar. 

                    Merwan took the train to Bombay and went to Munshi Rahim's house on Charni Road. Munshi helped him with his first bath in 6 months. He was almost 28 years old.

 

                                      END OF VOL. 1  LORD MEHER

 

                  On Jan.( 23rd ) Merwan and 8 others took a coastal steamer ride from Bombay to Mandwa an hour away. They stayed at the rented bungalow a few days - it was here that he first referred to  himself as a Satguru or Qutub and remarked about his mandali for the first time.

                    Returned ( 26th ) to Bombay and stayed at Munshi's.

                 The next day ( 27th ) Baba and 4 others took the train to Poona, he was shown some barren land along Fergusson Road and was invited to stay - rent free. It was several kms from his parents home at 765 Butler Moholla. A simple hut was erected soon afterwards.

                    In late March, Baba travelled to Chinchwad.

                  May ( 9th ) at 4:30PM Baba took the train to Sakori to celebrate Upasni's birthday. Baba alighted at Chitalli and walked the rest of the way.

                The men and women returned ( 15th ) to Poona, while Baba returned on the ( 20th).

                   On ( 22nd ) at 2AM, Baba and the men walked to Char Bawdi,Poona  to see Babajan, they then headed  for Bombay. 45 men accompanied Baba. They had to walk 4 abreast in a neat fashion.

                After 4 hours they reached Chinchwad and at 2PM they reached Khind village, on the outskirts of Talegaon.

             The next day ( 23rd ) they proceeded to the village of Khopodi and ascended the Bhor Ghat of the Khandala mountains.They rested by a brook in Khopodi. At 9PM they proceeded to the village of Chauk at 2AM. Later, they arrived at Panvel at 9PM. Baba hired a truck to carry everyone to Mumbra, they arrived in Bombay at 4PM and stopped at the tomb of a Mohammedan saint named Chaman Baba, they then walked to Munshi's home.

                  On May ( 30th ) Baba approved of renting  a large bungalow at 167 Main road in the Dadar district, opposite the G.I.P railway station. It took 2 days to settle the paperwork. Major renovations commenced and the men finally moved in on June ( 7th ). The premises were called  Manzil-e-Meen or the House of the Master.

                    On June ( 2nd ), a muslim - Professor Sayani met Baba at the premises. It was an interesting encounter [P389].

                         Much later, on July ( 28th ) Baba went to Sakori to research the facts about Upasni Maharaj's life and Sai Baba's Baba spent 4 days and night . The research was for a book on Upasni that Baba wanted to print.

                     Baba returned to Bombay on Aug,( 1st )

                 On the ( 6th ) Baba sent some of his men mandali to Sakori and they returned the next day.

                ( 11th ) Baba & 5 men left Bombay by the Gujarat Mail train for Ajmer- arriving midnight the following day. - they stayed at the Edward Memorial Hotel

                        ( 14th ) Baba instructed everyone to fast for 24 hours while visiting the Tomb of the Mohammedan Perfect Master Khwaja Saheb Christi. They then visited the Jain Golden Temple, Dowlat Gardens &  the Anna Sagar Lake, also to the Shah Jehan Mosque. Baba remained in the hotel.

                Ghani & Khak Saheb visited the mosque in Taragarh- said to have been built in 2 half days.

                 ( 18th ) Baba directed the men to go to Pushkar about 10 miles N-E of Ajmer. Baba was still too ill to travel, but still went in a horse-drawn cart. This temple was dedicated to the Creator - Brahma. It took till the ( 27th ) for Baba to recover from the dysentry.

                    On Oct. ( 5th ) The men had purchased an old car and Baba was taken on a test drive t o Malabar Hill- it was sold 3 months later. It was extremely noisy.

                   ( 7th ) Word arrived of a plague that was sweeping through Poona. Baba had predicted 2 years earlier.

                 ( 8th ) A bungalow was rented in Juhu on the outskirts of Bombay for a picnic. Baba came back by taxi .

                  ( 14th ) Baba left for Sakori with Sadashir Patel at 10PM, arriving in the early morning.

                    ( 15th ) Daulat J Irani had taken her 2 daughters - Mehera & Freiny to visit Upasni Maharaj in Sakori. This was  the first time Mehera saw Baba inside Upasni's thatched hut. Baba stayed 18 hours & left by horse tonga for Ahmednagar. This was the last time Baba set foot in Sakori & would not see Upasni for 19 years ( Oct.1944 ). Baba arrived in Ahmednagar late at night.

                 ( 16th ) Baba left the following night for Bombay and arriving early morning on ( 17th ).

                  ( 19th ) Baba sent all the men to Sakori to visit Upasni, except for 2 men who stayed with Baba.

                   ( 23rd ) The men then went  to Poona to visit Babajan, returning to Bombay at 1PM.

                  ( 30th ) Baba & some men took the train to Kalyan early AM, to visit the Tomb of Malang Shah -a Mohammedan. They hired 2 cars upon arrival, to take them 14 miles ( 22kms ) away. Malang Fort is on the top of the mountain & the shrine nearby, but they all got lost, so they all went back to Bombay at 5:30PM.

                       Nov.( 15th ) 1,000 copies of the newly printed biography of Upasni Maharaj arrived and the book selling started.

 

                 1923

 

                 In late Feb.,Gulmai K Irani was visiting Baba & invited him to visit their property near Arangaon. She said the local saint Hazrat Maula Gilori Shah foretold of your visit. Gilori Shah had requested a tomb be built for him on this land. Baba agreed that it should be built.

                    On March ( 7th ) after 3 months of strict containment in the Manzil-e-Meem, Baba took a walk to Munshi's home.

                  ( 13th ) Baba & a few men went to Kalyan. At 2:30AM they left Kalyan in tongas for the trip to the mountain where the shrine of Haji Malang Shah was on top. Baba stayed at the bottom & instucted the men to place a veil of flowers on the saint's dargah. It took them 2 half hours, they then rode back to Kalyan.

                  After arriving in Kalyan they took the train back to Bombay. Once back to Manzil-e-Meem, Baba handed back the property to the landlord.

                    On April ( 19th ) Baba & the remaining 13 men left Bombay at night for Ahmednagar by train. They arrived in Poona at 7:30AM arriving a few hours later. They stayed at Gulmai's residency in Khushru Quarters ( Meher Nazar ) Baba stayed 7 days, he toured the town & also secluded himself.

                   ( 30th ) Baba took a long hike with the mandali to Happy Valley 14 miles north of Ahmadnagar. Baba stayed at a bungalow there. Baba had also sent some of the men to attend Upasni's birthday celebrations in Sakori.

                     May ( 3rd ), Baba left late at night, returning back to Ahmadnagar at 2AM, exhausted.

                   ( 4th ) Baba & 6 others left Khushru Quarters, crossed the Sina River & turned to open plain for 6 miles to the south, they then came across some dilapidated buildings & a small village nearby ( Arangaon ). It was former British military post - this was the first time Baba saw the land that was to become Meherabad.

They spent the first night under a neem tree next to the newly built tomb of Gilori Shah.

                      ( 5th ) The old Post Office was cleaned and they spent the night in there. Other men came and helped repair and clean the buildings. Some later left to go back to their homes. Arangaon means Forest village  - in the past centuries the land here was jungle like, thick forest. It is said that Krishna once stayed in the village - a temple was built in his honour - hence the village is also called Chotta Pandhari.

                 ( 8th ) Baba & the men attended Rustom & Freiny's ( Mehera's sister ) wedding in Ahmednagar. Mehera was staying with Upasni in Sakori and did not attend. Bad rumours prevailed by some local Parsis. Baba left abruptly with his men from the Arangaon area & into a dharmashala run by the local council.

              Gulmai was very upset by her relatives attitude & sent her husband Khansaheb to beg for Baba's forgiveness and make him return to the Arangaon area. Baba accepted.                ( 13th ) Baba walked back to the property with the men - they continued to repair and paint the buildings.At about this time Baba named the property "Meherabad"  ( ABAD' means prosperous settlement )

 

                                                1ST TRIP TO QUETTA

 

( 25th ) Baba ordered everything to be moved to Khushru Quarters. They later left Ahmednagar at 10:30AM by train - 5 women & 14 men - arriving in Manmad at 12:30PM. When they reached Sanchi - Baba revealed some aspects of Gotama the Buddha - 2,500 years ago.

                     ( 27th ) Arrived in Agra - stayed at the Empress Hotel. Baba took them on a tour of the sights - Taj Mahal, Agra Fort , .... it was very hot.

                    ( 28th ) They then went to Mathura & stayed at a dharmashala. Nearby they bathed in the Jammu River. Mathura is the birthplace of Lord Krishna and Baba took them to his birthplace temple - born over 4,000 years ago.

                     May ( 31st ) Arrived in Karachi & stayed at Pilamai's house. She later gave Baba a tour of the city.

                     June ( 4th ) - Baba took the train to Malir ( a small village ) on the outskirts of Karachi for a picnic.

                    ( 7th ) They departed Karachi & went to Quetta arriving on the ( 8th ). Baba & the group stayed in a rented house next door to Rusi Irani's home. It was very cold in Quetta. The real reason for the trip was Baba wanted to meet Rusi's daughters - Goher ( 7 years old ) & Katie ( 3 years old ). Rusi gave Baba a tour of the city - the orchards & Garden of Jamasp. Baba also met a mast opposite his house.

                     ( 21st ) They went to see the waterworks in the mountain pass at Urak - 14 miles away ( 22kms ).

                     ( 25th ) They departed Quetta by train for Ahmedabad, The train changed at Hyderabad ( Sind ) - arriving at Ahmedabad at 9:30PM ( 27th ). Baba sent the women to Ahmednagar. Baba stayed in a dharmashala.

 

                   On July ( 1st ) at 2:30 AM, their walking tour started, they reached Jetalpur at 7:45 AM, only walked 10 miles, but they were exhausted. They set off for Kaira the next day at 4AM. Bullock carts were hired & they went to Mehmadabad R.S. 7 miles away,stayed at the dharmashala & left for Broach on the 11PM train. They arrived in Broach ( 3rd ) at 3:30AM, whilst here they bathed in the Narmada River, which was very muddy. Some men left for Bombay, Baba & the rest left for Ankleshwar at 4PM- arrived 8:30PM, then onto Surat at 6AM ( 4th ), leaving for Sachin at 4AM ( 5th )- arrived at 9AM - arrived at Navsari at 5:30PM. The foot journey covered 65 miles ( 105 kms ).

 

                     At night ( 6th ) they took the 10 PM train to Bombay arriving Dadar Station at 5:30AM ( 7th ). 2 hours later, they took the train to Nasik - arriving at 2:45PM - staying at the Normanbhai's bungalow, 6 miles away. They left Nasik at 7:30AM - arrived at Manmad 10:30AM- changed trains at 12:15PM for Dhond at Ahmednagar ( 9th ) at 5:30 AM, they then walked the 5 miles to Meherabad.

 

                  On the ( 12th ) they all decided to move back to Bombay, taking the 12:45PM train, arriving ( 13th ). They went and stayed at the Circle & Co's office tiny office at the Manzil-e-Meem premises. Here they were busy hand-bounding Upasni's book for a month and distributing it.

                    On Aug.( 16th ) Baba & 5 men took the train to Lonavla - staying 7 days - hiking to Khandala Waterfalls, Valvan Lake and the lake at Bhushi.

                    ( 22nd ) They left for Poona at 5PM - arriving ( 23rd ) staying at the Abdulla Jaffe's house in the Camp area.

                    ( 27th ) Baba & a large group went to Saswad, 7 miles away from Poona, for a picnic.

                     ( 28th ) Baba visited his family at Butler Moholla in Poona.

                    ( 30th ) Baba returned late at night to Bombay and moved into a building in the Parel area - but was not suitable.

                    On Sept.( 3rd ) had found & moved into a house near a railway station called later Tafti Mansion No.3. Work continued with the distribution of Upasni's biography.

                    On Oct.( 19th ) Baba & the men set off very early on their 3rd foot journey in 6 months for Sakori. They passed through - Ghatkopar - Thana - Bhiwandi - Kolshet - Padgha - Shahapur -Asangaon -Khardi - Kasara - Igatpuri - Ghoti - Bari, where they took a car & tongas for Bhandardara Lake, back to Bari - Rajur - Akola - Sangamnar - Loni - Bableshwar. Sakori was 10 miles way.

                   Nov.( 1st ) Having arrived in Bableshwar, Slamson stayed with Baba whilst the men walked onto Sakori - they received a very hostile reception from Upasni, so the men came back to Bableshwar. They then took a truck and went to Ahmednagar - arriving at 2PM

                ( 2nd ) - the men stayed in Khushru Quarters, Baba stayed at a dharmashala.

                     Nov.(11th) - Baba & the men left 12:30PM by train for Hyderabad- arriving in Surat (12th),then going to the bazaar. Baba observed a destitute boy there and he told the men to take him to a restaurant and feed him and then buy him a train ticket back to his home at Wadala. They then boarded the train to Hyderabad.

                   Arrived ( 14th ) at Hyderabad, continued to Karachi - arriving at night. They stayed at No.2445 Soldier Bazaar, it was very dirty, the next day they cleaned it. The men called this house "Halt Ho".

                      On ( 17th ) Naval went to the Persian Consulate about getting documents for travelling in Persian- the consul told him he needed everyone else except Baba to come & sign documents, Baba had already been - Naval wondered how it happened. They stayed for 7 days.

                  ( 22nd ) Baba decided to go immediately to Bombay & then Poona. All boarded the steamship S.S.Vita in the afternoon. Prior to leaving, Baba visited Pilamai at her home. He had kept a low whilst in Karachi.

                ( 23rd ) the ship passed Dwarka at 12:30PM & at 4:30PM it docked at Portardar.

                    ( 24th ) Arrived in Bombay, then with 3 men they went to Lonavla by train. Baba got off at Khandala & then later driven to Lonavla. Baba stayed in Valvan.

                     ( 29th ) Baba left at 8:30PM by train to Poona, then to Sholapur - arriving at midnight.They slept on the platform.

                     ( 30th ) They hired tongas at dawn & toured the city until 1PM, refreshed at a bungalow, back at the station. They took the train to Dhond - arriving at 4AM & changed trains at Manmad, then to Akolner, near Ahmednagar.

                Dec. (1st ) Reaching Akolner, Baba left the train, but sent Behramji to Ahmadnagar to fetch food & return, which he did.They left for Ahmednagar - arriving by evening, they then walked to Meherabad, arriving late at night.

 

                      This marked the end of a 6 month absence from Meherabad

 

                      In the last week of December, Baba went to Poona & stayed at Kasba Peth. He gave a large public darshan. An Anglo-Indian seeker Lewis Charles Nelhams came to see Baba. He was told by him to stay in Poona. Baba went back to Meherabad where he continued his fast.

                   On the ( 31st ) Baba came out out of seclusion, left Meherabad for Bombay with 2 men - arriving that night, then onto Lonavla.They then took the train to Khandala.

 

                   1924

 

                 Jan.(1st ) In Bombay they stayed in the Bharucha building which was rented. Baba sent Gulmai to bring Mehera & Khorshed from Sakori to him in Bombay. They were housed along with Khorshed's parents in the Irani Mansions. Mehera's mother - Daulat was also there. Mehera & Khorshed would come daily for Baba's darshan. One day Baba & Naval went for a stroll to Chowpatty Beach & approached a man sitting there, Baba spoke to him , apparently he was suicidal at the time - this man was Chanji ( LM page 591 ). Chanji's full name is Feramroz Hormusji Dadachanji was to become Baba's 1st secretary.

 

                                1ST TRIP TO PERSIA ( IRAN )

 

                  On Feb.( 22nd ) Baba & 8 men boarded the S.S.Varela at 7:30AM & departed at 9:30AM. Mehera & her mother were sent back to their home in Poona. Within days, the ship docked in Karachi, then Bahrein & then Bushire. Here they left the ship & stayed at Ghulam Husain Lodi's house. It was very cold. A truck was hired for 400 rupees for the journey to Shiraz, but Padri fell very ill the next day. Baba decided to go back to Karachi, sending some men back to their homes. They boarded the ship S.S.Baroja ( Barjora ) and left for Bushire -  then to Banda Abbas - Padri was sent onto Karachi - still very ill. Baba & a few men decided to go to Kathmandu - the sailed through the ports of Lingeh, Henjam Island & Muscat - reaching Karachi in the 2nd week of March.

                  They then took the Quetta Mail train, changing the train at Hyderabad ( Sind ) , then to Lucknow - where he bought sandals - then went to Raxaul on the Nepalese frontier. Baba & the 4 men could not get into Nepal, so they went to Maghar to see the 2 tombs of Kabir - a Hindu & a Muslim.  Then to Kanpur in tongas - staying in a dharmashala - they bathed in the Ganges River.

 

This is the first of two times that Meher Baba was left alone in this advent.

 

                    Baba sent all the men to various cities, Baba went alone to Itarsi by train - he slept on the train platform - this is the only time in Meher Baba's advent that he was by himself - for a whole week. The 2nd occasion happend in Istanbul, Turkey about a decade later.

 

                    End of March, Baba returned to Meherabad. Over a year later, Reza Khan became Shah & Persia changed.

                  April - work continued in repairing buildings and clearing the land around Meherabad. When Baba returned the saint Gilori Shah had dropped his body. Gulmai's husband paid all the expenses.

                    ( 15th ) a small building was completed and Baba called it the Jhopdi (hut ).

                  May ( 3rd ) Baba left by car in the afternoon with 4 other men to Happy Valley, returning at 8PM. Baba went into seclusion for 7 days and again on the ( 18th ) until the 23rd.

                 ( 24th ) Baba requested Gulmai & Khansaheb to transfer the Meherabad property to Adi or Gustadji. Khansaheb initially refused but eventually agreed.

               ( 26th) Baba & 13 mandali left at 5:30AM in 2 cars to Aurangabad & Daulatabad.They stayed at a dak bungalow.

                  ( 27th ) They all agreed to return to Meherabad. On the way back at Imampur Ghat their car broke down.

                   ( 28th ) They arrived in Meherabad in the afternoon. In the next few days, Baba went to Bombay.

                   June ( 2nd ) Baba decided to go to Quetta, leaving at 12:30PM by train with 4 other men. They got as far as Deolali & they left the train & headed for the village Lahit, on the way to Igatpuri - going by horse tonga at 4:30PM. They ended up walking there then later took the mali train to Igatpuri.

                 ( 3rd ) They all returned to Bombay & stayed at No.6 Irani Mansions. It became apparent the reason for the visit was to see the station master at Lahit.

                   ( 6th ) Baba left Bombay for Quetta by the Gujurat Mail train with 3 men - arriving ( 9th ) at 5PM & went to Rusi's home. It was too cold in Quetta, so they left for Sukkor to inspect land to buy, which Baba did on ( 14th ).

                   Baba made contact with a mast who was living inside the Muslim saint's tomb of Bachal Shali. Ramjoo was sent back to this tomb later & he had a strange encounter by a mastani that looked like Babajan.

                    ( 30th ) They all returned to Quetta. In early July, Gustadji brought Mehera & 5 other women to Quetta. On one day they went on an outing to a nearby mountain, which Baba climbed.Nervous came down with typhoid.

                    July ( 16th ), Baba along with 3 men left for Karachi - arriving ( 17th ). They then drove to Mungho Pir, which is famous for its hot springs -about 11 miles north of Karachi. There was also a saint's tomb there. The rest of the mandali arrived ( 20th ).Nervous died of his illness and was buried.

                  ( 21st ) Baba decided to go back to Bombay - arriving ( 25th ). The remaining mandali went back to their homes. Daulat & Mehera were instructed to go back to Sakori.

                   Aug.( 1st ) Baba & 4 men left for Poona - arriving early next morning. Later that day they left for Raichur but changed it for Madras - arriving ( 3rd ) at 9:30PM, staying at the Choultry dharmashala.

                   ( 5th ) Left Madras at 6:30PM, through the Nilgiris Mountains - reaching Ooty at 3:30PM the next day, it was too cold, so they went to Coonoor arriving at 7:45PM for the night.

                  ( 7th ) They walked to Mettupalaiyam ( Baba called it 'Petroleum' )- 21 miles away, they took the train for the last

                              6 miles. From there they continued onto Madras arriving at 8:30AM ( 8th ). Baba had a fever.

                   ( 9th ) They left Madras at 8AM - arrived at Howrah- a suburb of Calcutta at 5PM ( 11th ) - staying at the Punjabi Bengal. At night they took a taxi ride through Calcutta.

                  ( 12th ) They boated across the Houghly River to visit the Hindu shrine of Satguru Ramakrishna Paramhansa - the shrine was called Belur Math. They later returned to their hotel. They left Calcutta that night for Hardwar at 7:30PM & arrived on ( 14th ). They were hoping to bathe there, but the waters were too muddy.

                  Later hired a taxi to go to Rishikesh, the taxi broke down & another one hired. They then proceeded to the village of Laxmab Zula - 14 miles away, but came back due to the perilous drive - at 1PM. The dharmashala in Hardwar was unclean - they left Hardwar at 9AM walking to Laskar- after 10 miles they halted at Pathri railway station.        ( 16th ) They arrived in Laskar at 1PM. They spent the day & the next touring the town.

                   ( 17th ) They left at 1:30PM by train for Moradabad - arriving at 6PM. They met a mast there.

                   ( 19th ) They departed for Bhopal, changing trains at Lucknow - arrived in Bhopal ( 20th ) in the afternoon. At night they left for Ratlam, arriving ( 22nd ) AM - arrived in Baroda at 8PM - stayed at the Gujarat Hindu Lodge - they left in the morning ( 24th ) at 10PM for Ujjain - arriving ( 25th ) at 1PM. Baba found many sadhus on the banks of the Sipra River. They left Ujjain at 4PM - arriving at Mortakka at 10PM ( 25th )  sleeping on the rail platform & the next morning took a ride in a bullock cart to Omkareshwar, Mandhata. This is the place that Upasni Maharaj had entered a state of samadhi & later contacted Sai Baba and Narayan Maharaj. Padri had dysentery at the time.

                    ( 25th ) They returned to Mortakka at 10PM & left at once for Baroda.

                  ( 27th ) Arriving at Baroda in the evening, they again stayed at the Gujarat Hindu Lodge.

                    ( 28th ) At 4PM, they started to walk to Pavagarh & reached the foot of the mountain at 9PM. They lodged at the dharmashala for the night. This was situated in the middle of a jungle.
                    ( 29th ) Awoke at 6AM & began the climb to the top - lots of fog, hiked for 3 miles, they reached the summit - a temple at the top was dedicated to Kali - they went inside this temple and also to a nearby Muslim saints tomb - " Sajjan Shah Wali ". They then hiked to the fort. After enjoying the view from up top, they descended the mountain at noon & returned to Baroda at 8:15PM, staying at their usual lodge.
                    Sept ( 9th ) They left Baroda and arrived in Bombay - staying at the Irani Mansions  for a week.
                    ( 14th ) Baba left Bombay with 5 men for Poona, by train. They then went to Panjim - Londa - Castle Rock  - Marmagoa - on the coast, then a boat ride to Panjim in Goa. They stayed at a Christian hotel. They saw many landmarks including the "Good Jesus Basilica " which Baba explored thoroughly including the dome. The body of Francis Xavier is preserved here & is shown occassionally. They stayed 3 days in  Goa and returned to Bombay.
 
                    Sept - Oct - Nov 1924 - Baba made several trips between Bombay & Ahmednagar.
                    Nov ( 18th ) Baba observed silence for one week at Meherabad in the Jhopdi.
                    1st week Dec. - Baba went to Bombay with 3 men & rented quarters at the Bharuch Building. Baba requested Mehera, Naja and Daulat to come to share a room. After the women settled in Baba's quarters, he told the women to go and see a film at Chanji's theatre - Madeline Cinema & to dress up in their fine clothes. Baba made an interesting comment that it's a nonsense to symbolize clothing with spiritualism, because the women were wearing simple austere clothing in the quarters.
                   
                    Later in Dec. Baba went with Masaji to Belgaum & returned to Bombay. Belgaum is where Col.Irani lived .
 
           1925
 
                   After 2 months in the Bharuch Building - Baba sent Naja to Poona, Mehera & Daulat to Ahmednagar & stay in the Khushru Quarters.
 
                   Jan.( 25th ) Baba returned to Meherabad with the men mandali.
 
                   Feb.( 18th ) Baba's 31st Birthday was celebrated at Meherabad.
 
                   Late Feb. Mehera taught Baba to sing a George Gershwin song "Swanee ".                 At another day, Baba declared that she was his Radha. Baba sent Mehera & Daulat to Sakori for a few days.
 
                  March ( 2nd ) At Meherabad - 2 Hindu Temples were built out of Bamboo matting.
                  On ( 21st ), Baba opened the Hazrat Babajan Charitable Dispensary & Hospital. A local doctor was hired - Dr. Y. H. Karkal - direct the hospital. During the next 15 months, 7,500 patients were treated or hospital-ized. Sight was restored to some.
 
                   April ( 14th ) Baba went to Bombay to purchase khaki material for the children & returned, leaving 5 days later for Bombay again to Munshi Rahim, staying with him for 2 days.
 
                   May ( 22nd ) Baba left Meherabad & arrived in Talegaon at night & slept on the platform. The next morning they went to Ramjoo's home. Baba came to taste the bread from the Meher Flour Mill.
 
                   ( 24th ) Returned to Meherabad.
 
                  June ( 4th ) Baba feft for Bombay & returned a week later.
 
                   ( 26th ) Baba declared he would keep silence on 10th July for 1 and a half years.
                   July ( 9th ) Pandoba pleaded with Baba not to keep silent.....Baba replied " I have not come to teach but......" - these were the last words spoken to anyone outside his circle. Baba went to the women's quarters and returned to the men at 8PM. His last instructions to the men were to always carry a lantern at night and always beware of snakes - about 20 men were listening. He then went into the Jhodpi. Padri came across a snake shorly afterwards struck it & called out. Baba came out & repeated his warning and was given a wooden shaft and struck the cobra on the head. He then went back to the Jhodpi.
 
                                         END OF VOL.2  LORD MEHER
 
 
                   Baba commenced his Silence on July 10th.
 

                   On the ( 13th ) he started writing his book in the Jhopi.

 

                 The first Westener to come to Baba - Charles Nelham dies on the ( 27th ) and is buried in the Christian cemetary near Bhingar.

 

                 On August ( 17th ) Tajuddin Baba dropped his body in Nagpur. Over 30,000 marched through the city.

 

                    In October, Baba's ' table-cabin ' is built.

 

                    Between January and October Baba had not shaved until Oct.( 21st ).

 

                   Baba travelled numerous times between Meherabad and Ahmednagar also between Meherabad and Arangaon over the next few years.

 

                    Meher Baba's  base was always Meherabad during this time.

 

                 On Dec.( 9th ) Baba remarked that " Gandhi will one day be perfect, but before becoming perfect he will have to have 3 more births "

 

                   In late December, Baba met young Eruch Jessawala for the first time and the rest of his family.

 

            1926

 

                   January ( 11th ) Baba wrote his own arti called "Bujave Naar " later known as the " Gujarati arti ".

                  The following month - Feb. ( 27th ) Baba's brother Jamshed died of a heart attack, aged 33 in Poona.

 

                   On May ( 22nd ) a tornado swept through Meherabad, later that day Baba and 14 others attended a wedding in Rahuri.

 

                    During a conversation with his men Baba mentioned his thoughts on Theosophical Society headed by Annie Besant and also on Krishamurti.

 

                 In Sept.( 21st ) Baba and 20 other men walked to a village 6 miles away - Walki, for the day then back again.

 

                 A month later, Oct.( 18th ) Baba and 14 others left at 5PM for Bhingar, just outside of Ahmadnagar for the day.

 

                   On Nov.( 25th ) Baba and over 20 men and women went to Lonavla, arriving the same day and stayed for 10 days.

 

                 Dec.(5th ) Baba took the train to Bombay - arriving at Dadar Railway station at 5PM. They stayed in Santa Cruz.

 

                   Later in Dec.( 24th ) Baba and the others all left for Meherabad by the Delhi Express train arriving ( 25th ) 9AM.

            


                1927

 

                    On January ( 7th ) Baba began to use his alpabet board.

 

                    Later on the ( 12th ) he left for Poona and later came back.

 

                 Baba mentioned on ( 25th ) that Sai Baba of Shirdi " whilst smoking his chilum pipe in Shirdi, he was in fact controlling the First World War, whilst I contolled the whole universe ".

                    On May (1st ) Baba officially opened Meher Ashram at 2:30PM.

                 A week later, ( 12th ) Eruch's mother Gaimai Jessawala told Baba whilst visiting Meherabad that Tajuddin Baba used to visit her brother-in-laws house and sit on its verandah and paid particular attention to each member of her family particularly her son Eruch.

                  About a week later ( 17th ) Baba went to Rahuri with some mandali to attend a wedding, going by truck.

                  Ten days later ( 27th ) they went to Ahmadnagar and then to the village of Shindi, 6 miles away, they were  sitting in a trolley car pulled by tractor. They came back the same day.

                  On June ( 5th ) Baba and a few men went to Aurangabad, then to the Ellora Caves and Khuldabad. Whilst there Baba mentioned Sai Baba's master Zarzari Baksh who's tomb is nearby. They returned to Meherabad the same day.

 

                 July ( 1st ) the Hazrat Babajan High School was accredited by Bombay University and christened by Baba.

 

                   During a talk to his men on the Dec. ( 17th ) he mentioned about the "special agents" he has in the West.

            

            1928

 

                 On March ( 25th ) the Prem Ashram was formally established on Meherabad Hill.

                   April ( 1st ) Hazrat Babajan arrived by car to Meherabad. The car stopped in front of the girl's school bearing her name. It was very unusual for Babajan to travel. Baba observed her from afar. She later returned to Poona.

 

                  The next day ( 2nd ) Baba travelled to Poona and visited the Bund Gardens and went back to Meherabad.

 

                 Over a month later, May ( 8th ) Baba left for Poona at 4:30 with a few mandali. After Baba left, Babajan arrive in Meherabad, then left for Poona again. Their cars had passed each other twice.

                    A week later ( 15th ) Baba left to inspect new locations for an ashram, due to the heat in Meherabad. They drove to Sinhagarh, then drove to Bombay, sent Chanji to Navsari, while Baba went back to Meherabad the following day ( 17th ) AM.              That same night, Baba went to Toka to inspect a plot of land, which was purchased the next day. Building started immediately.Toka is on the road to Aurangabad - 45 miles ( 72 kms) from Ahmednagar, on the confluence of the Swami Ramdas & Pravara Rivers. Baba went back to Meherabad.

 

                     Later, May ( 31st ) Baba visited Toka to inspect the work on the buildings.

 

                   On June ( 3rd ) Sunday at 3AM, Baba comes down Meherabad Hill with the boys from the ashram and the women. They were taken to Toka in 4 trolley trucks. Baba returned to Meherabad to pick the rest of the staff and men and took them as well to Toka.

                                           Baba moves his base to Toka

 

                    June ( 30th ) Meredith Starr and his partner Margaret Ross and her sister Esther Ross arrive in Toka at noon. They stayed with  Baba for about 6 months.

 

                Aug.( 20th ) Baba left Toka at 7:30AM with 18 people to Ahmednagar, arriving at 9:30Am, later they went to Shendi village. They returned to Toka at 7PM.

 

                   On the Oct.( 3rd ) Baba went to Nasik with some men, visiting the Dastur High school, Gangapur Falls. He pointed out to the men the village and the cave that Upasni Maharaj spent some there. On the way to Nasik, Baba stopped at the Tomb of Bapu Saheb, a realized soul. As they were about to proceed another car passed them very slowly with Babajan seated in it. There were several more occassions in which this occurred between Baba and Babajan.

 

                    Two days later ( 5th ) Baba returned to Ahemnagar, then going to Toka - arriving at 11AM due to the heavy rains.

 

                     Later, on the ( 13 th ) Sadhu Christian Leik came to Toka. He was born in Russian provence of Estonia in 1870. He had met Meredith Starr that told him of Baba, whom he met the next day.

 

                    Ten days later ( 24th ), Baba with some of the boys and men went to Happy Valley, they stayed for 4 days

                    They returned ( 28th ) to Toka at night.

                    On Nov.( 1st ) Baba went to the village of Newasa for the day.

 

                  Much later on ( 18th ) finally agreed to leave the cold climate of Toka and resettle in Meherabad. Many of the boys were being sent back to their homes.

 

                                  Baba moved back to Meherabad

 

                     A week later ( 26th ) Baba left Toka in Rustom's car to Meherabad.

 

                  Several days later ( 29th ) Baba came in Adi K Irani's car to Toka.He left with the women at 2PM for Meherabad. The demolition of the site was completed on Dec.( 4th ).

                  Kaka Baria moved ( 19th ) permanently from Bombay to stay at Meherabad with Baba.

                   On  ( 22nd ) the Prem Ashram reopened on Meherabad Hill and the high school was renamed Hazrat Babajan English High school.

 

                    The Starrs & Esther went to Bombay  on the ( Dec.29th ) and 4 days later they sailed back to England.

               

            1929

 

                   On Jan.( 15th ) Baba left Meherabad with 18 men and went to Akbar Press in Ahmednagar, staying for 2 days.

 

                   They left ( 17th ) by truck to Dhond arriving PM, staying in the open near the station.

                    The next day ( 18th ) they walked 8 miles ( 13 kms ) to the village of Patas, staying in a dak bungalow, then headed to Karad in the Satara district.

 

                  At dawn of ( 19th ) they walked 12 miles (  19 kms ) to Rawangaon and rested at the dak bungalow. Baba had twisted his ankle and was in pain.

 

                    Midnight ( 20th ), they walked 11 miles ( 18 kms ) to Diksal and stayed at the dharmashala. Baba's ankle was not healing so they headed back to Ahmednagar, returning by train and truck.

                     Arrived in Ahmednagar ( 24th ) and to Meherabad on ( 27th ).

 

                 On Feb.( 5th ) Baba was driven to Kalemama's home in Dhulia, Adi K. Irani's new Chevolet car, with 6 others. They arrived at noon at  the village of Malegaon on the way, arriving in Dhulia in the early evening. Baba spent the night at their home.

 

                    The next day ( 6th ) Adi drove the group to Yeola, Baba returned by train to Ahmednagar at midnight and then onto Meherabad.

 

                  On the ( 15th ) Baba explained some interesting things about the Sun & Earth -  [ LM page 1140 ]

 

                    The next day ( 16th ) Baba's parents arrived in advance to Baba's birthday celebrations the next day.

 

                 Later, ( 21st ) finally agreed to buy his first property in Arangaon for 500 rupees, which he had been renting.

 

                    Baba remarked on ( 24th ) about the difference between the genuine seeker C. Leik and Meredith Starr.

                  The next day ( 25th ) Baba and others set off on a walking trip to Happy Valley.They left at 7PM - Meherabad staying overnight at Akbar Press in Ahmednagar.

 

                     The walking continued ( 26th ) arriving at 10 after 17 miles ( 27 kms ).

 

                    On the ( 27th ) Baba took a few boys on a sightseeing trip to Manjor Suba Hill and other spots.

                     The next day ( 28th ) they returned to Meherabad at 6AM on a truck.

 

                  A month later - March ( 30th ) Baba went to Nasik to visit the women mandali and returned April ( 3rd ).

 

                 Later, ( 11th ), Baba walked to Ahmednagar to perform the opening ceremony of the new National High school and returned to Meherabad by truck.

 

                     On ( 22nd ), Baba went to Nasik for 3 days and returned to Meherabad.

 

                     In May ( 2nd ) the Prem Ashram was moved to Arangaon.

 

                 Later on the ( May 8th ) Baba left for Ahmednagar, staying the night at Akbar Press.

                    Baba continued ( 9th ) his trip to Nasik - meeting the women mandali when he arrived. Here he planned his next trip to the Himalayas.

 

                                           END OF VOL.3  LORD MEHER

 

                     1929

 

                      Meherabad,  MS, India - May 8th - Ahmednagar

                      Ahmednagar ( 9th ) to Nasik, MS

                 Nasik ( 10th ) took bus to Manmad travelled on the Delhi-Allahabad Express train Hardwar.

                     Reached Delhi ( 11th ) , the next day they continued to Hardwar.

              Once there, Baba walked to the Ganges River and sat down. Almost immediately, they left for Rishikesh.

                    Arrived in Rishikesh and left on the same day by train to Quetta. Baba not well on journey.

                  Arrived at Rohri, staying a few days. Went to the Sukhua Barrage on the Indus River.

                     Rohri ( 17th ) took train to Quetta.

                     Quetta ( May 18th ) AM - arrived.

 

                Departed Quetta ( 23rd ) by train for Bombay - taking 3 days, arriving Bombay the ( 26th ) AM.

                     Bombay ( 27th ) for Meherabad arriving the same day.

 

    The journey travelled was 3,700 miles or just under 6,000 Kms in 18 days.

 

                   Meherabad -  ( June 9th ) went to Nasik to visit the women mandali. Once there, went to the nearby Pandu Lakes - also visited Jain & a Lord Ram temple the next day ;  then to Gangapur Waterfalls.

 

                     Nasik ( 11th ) - departed by train for Meherabad, arrived same day.

                      Arangaon ( 12th ) for a local marriage.

 

                                         1ST TRIP TO KASHMIR

 

               Meherabad - ( July 10th ) 2AM left for Ahmednagar, then to Nasik by 10.30AM - Pandu Lena Caves.

 

                    Dhulia - arrived ( July 12th ) 10.30. 

 

                  Left Dhulia ( 15th ) by the newly built bus for Phalghat - arriving at 9PM, then onto Indore then to Bhopal.

                   Bhopal - arrived ( 16th ) noon.  Left ( 18th ) for Guna arriving same day at night.

                  Reached Shivpuri ( 19th ), they went to see the nearby Sakhya Sagar Lake.

                 Later, they proceeded to Gwalior, arriving at 8:45PM, staying at the Park Hotel.

                    On the ( 20th ) they went to the local market and to the fort. They left at 2PM for Agra. Arrived in Agra at midnight. They stayed at the Empress Hotel.

 

                     On the ( 21st ) they toured the Fort and the Taj Mahal.

 

                    Departed Agra ( 22nd ) for Delhi via Aligarh. Lunch was had in the village of Hathras. Arrived Delhi same day at 9PM, stayed at the Raj Mahal Hotel.

 

                   On the ( 23rd ) they went on a sight-seeing tour of the old & new city - Kutub Minar, Red Fort,....

                    Left Delhi ( 24th ) - arriving in Ludhiana at night. Having travelled 191 miles ( 307 Kms ) in 8 hours.

                 The following day ( 25th ) they set off for Lahore - reaching Amritsar at 11AM. Baba viewed the Golden Temple from the outer part of the complex, he did not enter the shrine - they continued onto Lahore arriving at 6PM and stayed at a hotel.

 

                   The next day ( 26th ) they moved to another Lahore hotel - Empress Hotel

                  They left on the ( 27th ) for Rawalpindi - arriving at 9PM. They camped under a tree.

                On the ( 28th ) they left for Kohala dak bungalow on the foothills of the Himilayas.

                  Next day ( 29th ) they continued onto the Jhelum River - then to Uri - arriving 6PM, staying at a bungalow.

                     They continued on their journey the next day ( 30th ) at 7:30AM - arriving at Srinigar at 12:20PM - they stayed in houseboats.

                  They proceeded ( 31st ) onto Islamabad ( Anatag ) & Acchibal - Pahadi Martand- a hill with a cave, no good.

 

                The following day ( 1st  Aug ) they went looking for a suitable cave for seclusion work near Lake Mansbal - the was not suitable, neither were the ones Nishat, Shalimar & Dal Lake.

                     On ( 2nd Aug ) they went to Harvan - 12 miles ( 19 Kms ) outside Srinigar, but came back to Srinigar, later.

                  Left Srinigar ( 3rd ) - arrived at 11AM at Harvan. Began building a hut so Baba could do seclusion work - they all stayed in cottages below the hut. It took several days to build it.

                 On ( 7th ) Baba entered the hut and went into seclusion for several days.Baba was wearing his Kamli coat - Baba revealed that Jesus was buried in a nearby cave.

                   On the ( 11th ) they all left at 8AM to go back Ahmednagar. When they left he removed the Kamli coat.

                  After 4 days, they arrived in Panipat ( 15th ) - camping at night, then camped on the outskirts 8 miles out of Agra the following night ( 16th ) .

 

                    They drove for 3 days and arrived in Dhulia ( 20th) at 9:30PM

                    The next day he went to Nasik.

                    On the ( 23rd ) they left for Malegaon at 3PM, then to Yeola.

 

                    They left Yeola on the ( 24th AM )  and arrived at the Ellora Caves at 3PM - staying only 15 mins then onto Jalna and then arrived at Aurangabad at night.

                    On the ( 25th ) - they left for Nasik, arriving at 9PM.

 

              Left  Nasik ( 27th ) for Meherabad, stopping in Rahuri. The arrived in Ahmenagar early night, had dinner  - they then continued onto Meherabad.

 

                   Went on ( 2nd Sept ) to the village of Jamkhed about 60 miles ( 97 Kms ) then back again to Meherabad.

                  On the ( 3rd ), they left Meherabad and went to Bombay, staying in Byculla.

                    - Baba was taken to the Russell Studio and photos were taken.

 

                Almost 2 weeks later, on the ( 16th ) they went to Nasik but returned to Bombay ( 17th ).

 

                                         2ND  TRIP TO PERSIA ( IRAN )

 

                    On the ( 20th ) Baba taken to Victoria Docks in Bombay and left on the SS Versova at 11PM for Persia.

                    Arrived ( 21st ) in Karachi at night.

                   Left Karachi ( 22nd ) and arrived at Mohammeral ( Khorramshahr ) Persia on the ( 26th ).

                  On ( 3rd Oct ) Baba & 13 others left for Isfahan ( Esfahan ), by a car & truck- arriving on the ( 15th ) - the truck broke down which was replaced with another. They arrived 2 days later - stayed at the Asre Talai Hotel.

 

                    They left Isfahan on the ( 22nd ) for Yezd, stopping briefly at Jafrabad

                    Arrived in Yezd ( 24th ) at night and stayed in an inn.

              They continued their journey on the ( 27th ) to Mubarka then to Khooramshahr.

                    The left for Kerman ( 28th ) - arrived the next morning ( 29th ).

                    Proceeded on the ( 30th ) for Bam - arriving later that day.

 

                 On the ( 1st Nov. ) they left for Duzhah ( Zahedan ) by hired bus - which broke down in Fahrej -  left on the ( 4th ) by another bus - reaching Duzdah at midnight  ( 5th ).

                    On ( 10th Nov ) they left Duzduh by train for Quetta ( India, then ) - arriving at Spezand the next day.

                     - they changed trains at Rohri - reaching Lahore late at night ( 12th ).

 

                    They left Lahore ( 14th ) by train - arriving in Nasik ( 16th ).

                 The following day Baba went to the outskirts of Nasik to Tapovan - a forested area.

                On ( Dec 1st ) Baba went for a drive to Nasik Railway Station & gave darshan to the staff.

                  Then on the ( 7th ) he went to Bombay - returning back to Nasik on the ( 10th ).

                    On the same day ( 15th ) Baba went to Kalemama and back to Nasik.

                     - Baba met 2 Germans on the ( 18th ) - [ Page 1260 LM ]

 

                   Baba on ( 20th ) then went to Ahmednagar then to Meherabad - returning on the ( 22nd ) to Nasik.

                    He then went on the ( 28th ) to Jawhar at 4PM for the day & back to Nasik.

           

            1930   

 

                   ( Feb 23rd ) - Baba & the men mandali  went by car & bus, leaving at 6AM they went to Poona.

                    The reached ( 24th ) Kolhapur - staying in the forest in a bungalow.

                  The following day ( 25th ) he gave darshan at the High school, leaving at noon for Dharwar - same day.

                    The next day he proceeded to Belgaum - then Hubli.
                   They arrived in Madras, staying in Goschen ( March 2nd ) , leaving the next day for Bangalore ( 3rd ).

                    Arrived the ( 4th ) and left for Mysore on the ( 5th )

                  Left Mysore ( 6th ) and travelled through Javali and Horikan, leaving the next day for Mangalore, afternoon arrival.

                  Then left for for Hubli - arrived ( 9th ) haven driven through Mallur, Shimoga, Honnali & Harihar.

                  On the ( 10th March ) they reached Bijapur - staying for 2 days & then by train to Nasik - arriving the ( 12th ).

                   Later, on ( 21st ) Baba went to Sholapur - then left ( 23rd ) for Pandharpur, Panchgani, Satara, Wai & Nasik.

                    Arrived ( 25th ) in the afternoon.

 

                  Then on April ( 2nd ) they left Nasik at 4PM  stopping at Sangamner, arriving in Meherabad ( 3rd ).

                   On the ( 9th ) Baba and 18 others left by bus for Panchgani - after arriving they visited the local High school.

                    The following day ( 10th ) they visited Tiger Valley then on the ( 12th ) they went to Kolhapur.

                    They arrived ( 13th ) at 10AM - they visited their local High school.

                  They left Kolhapur ( 15th ) at noon arriving at Panchgani the same day. They stayed 11 days.

                    On the ( 26th ) they all went to Bombay - visiting Elephanta Caves, Wilson Dam and Victoria Garden.

                    They returned ( 29th ) back to Panchgani. Staying 2 days.

 

                 On ( May 1st ) they went to Mahabaleshwar - visited the Hindi temple " Cow's Mouth ".

                 They on the ( 4th ) then went to Kolhapur, and leaving on the ( 7th ) for Panchgani.

                   Later on the ( May 13th ) they went by car to Poona and back to Panchgani the same day.

                    Baba went into seclusion on ( May 15th ) at 10PM in Tiger Valley.

 

              On ( 26th ) Baba conclude his seclusion work and left for Poona then Meherabad - arriving at 9PM.

                  In the following month ( June 15th ) Baba went to Nasik - visiting the next day to Gangapur Falls - then to Deolali followed by Nasik.

 

                    On the ( 12th ) Baba left at noon for Meherabad - arriving by early night.

 

                                           2ND TRIP TO KASHMIR

 

                 Then on ( 15th ) he left Meherabad by train at 6PM for Kashmir. First to Nasik then to Bombay.

                 The following day ( 16th ) they left in the afternoon by train for Delhi - reaching it the next day  - stayed at the Maharaj Hotel.

 

                  On the ( 19th ) they left for Srinigar - arrived in Murree ( 20th ) staying 2 days , then travelled through  - Domel, Garhi then Lahore.

 

                Arrived in Srinigar on ( 23rd ). During the next 4 days, they visited the Government Gardens, polo grounds and Chashma Shahi Garden.

 

                They left Srinigar ( 28th ) by taxi to Jammu at 7AM - travelling through Sialkot, Lahore, Amritsar & Lahore.

 

                   They arrived in Ahmednagar at noon on ( July 2nd ), then to Meherabad by horse tonga.

                    Later, ( July 14th ) Baba left for Nasik.

 

                 On ( Aug 20th ) Baba and 21 other males headed for Calcutta  travelling through Bijapur -  staying 3 days in Calcutta, then went back to Nagpur.

 

                    Arrived ( 24th ) in Nagpur. Later, left ( 29th ) to Kolhapur via Hyderabad.

- having arrived they stayed a week in a forest area of Tapovan, Baba gave dashan here and at Kolhapur High school.

 

                  Left Kolhapur ( Sept 7th ) and went to Bijapur staying there till the end of September, except for  a day visit  to Nasik & Poona.

 

                  Arrived in Nasik ( Oct 1st ) and returned to Bijapur on ( 17th ). Following day left for Nasik.

                   Then to Bombay ( 19th ) staying for 12 days, moving back to Meherabad on ( Nov.1st ).

                On the ( 7th ) left for Lonavla, then to Nasik back to Lonavla and onto Meherabad on the ( 11th ).

 

                  On ( Nov.23rd ) Baba met author Paul Brunton while Baba was in seclusion which he concluded on ( 24th ).

 

                    He left for Meherabad on ( 27th ) .

                  They then left for Delhi on the ( Nov. 29th ), staying for 3 weeks and returned to Meherabad ( Dec 23rd ).

                    A week later ( Dec.30th ) went to Nasik.

             

            1931

 

                    On ( Jan.1st ) went to Bombay , returned to Meherabad ( 3rd ) and leaving for Nasik on ( 9th ).

                    Went back to Bombay on ( 15th ), then to Nasik ( 17th ) arriving at 2AM.

 

  First Flight by Meher Baba took place at Deolali, India on ( Jan. 26th ), when a small plane was hired, 5 others also flew. This plane only had a pilot and carried one passenger at a time.

 

                  Paul Brunton returned to Nasik in the 1st week of Feb. He left on the ( 8th. )

                    On the ( 11th ) Baba went to Poona, then back to Nasik ( 13th ).

 

               Baba performed an opening ceremony on ( 28th )  for Rustom's "Circle Cinema". Chaplin's "Shoulder Arms " headed the bill, another film also played.

                   Then on ( Apr.22nd ) they left for Kolhapur - Talegaon, then Bombay on ( 26th ) then to Lahore ( 28th ) .

                    Arrived in Karachi ( 29th ) travelling on the Frontier Mail train.

                    Left ( May 1st ) for Lahore then to Quetta - arriving ( 11th ).

 

                                      3RD VISIT TO PERSIA (IRAN )

 

                     Baba & 5 others left Quetta ( June 1st ) by train. Arrived at Duzdab ( now Zahedan ), Iran - 4 days later.

                  Left Duzdab ( 5th ) by car to Meshad, arriving at noon the following day ( 6th ). Spent several hours over 3 days inside the grand mosque - in seclusion. Baidul arrived in Mashad ( 18th ).

                    The following day ( 19th ) they drove back to Duzdab.

                    On ( 25th ) they left Duzdab by train for Quetta - staying 10 days, then took another train to Karachi.

                  Arrived in Karachi ( July 5th ), leaving after a long time on the ( 23rd ) by train to Chalisgaon - arrived ( 26th ) 7AM.

                  Then to Chandor by bus - arrived in Pimpalgaon on ( 27th ). Returned to Chandor that night and returned  to Pimpalgaon the next day.

 

               Left ( 30th ) for Chandor again, but then onto Manmad. They reached Kurnool via Secunderabad

                    Arrived Kurnool ( Aug.4th ) , later left on ( 8th ) by train for Karachi.

 

                  The train arrived in Karachi on ( 11th ) - Baba stayed here for a while. During this time he had to sign his name ( 25th ) in order to get a British passport. Baba said: " ...the British Empire will end".

                    - they booked births on a ship for his 1st trip to the West.

 

                    They left by train ( Aug.26th ) for Bombay - arriving ( 28th ).

 

                                    1st Trip to the West

 

                  Baba sailed  ( 29th ) on the S.S. Rajputana with Chanji, Agha Ali & Rustom.

                - Baba's name on board was " MS Irani "

 

                   The ship docked in Port Said ( Sept 7th ), they spent half an hour walking on the shore.

                   On ( 8th ) Mahatma Gandhi came to Baba's cabin at 9PM. He also came the other 2 subsequent nights.

                 Arrived in Marseilles, France early hours of Friday ( 11th ) - stepping on European soil at 8AM. - they went to the Hotel Geneva to refresh - leaving at 1:30PM by train to London.

               They arrived in Paris ( 12th ), - then to port of Boulogne, then ferry to Folkestone, UK. - arrived in Victoria Station at 4:15PM. Gandhi was also on the same train to Folkestone,   but, was taken by car to London because of the big reception he received.

                    

               England 1931

 

                    Baba stayed at Kitty Davy's parent house - 32 Russell Road Kensington. They took 2 taxis from the station - on the way they went past Buckingham Palace, etc.

 

                  On the following day ( 13th ) 7AM, they left for Combe Martin - 230 miles away near East Challacombe.

               - they drove along the Great West Road and drove through - Slough, Reading, Newbury, Marlborough, Chippenham, Bath, Wells, Glastonbury, Bridgwater, Taunton  and South Moton - the journey took 10 hours - arriving at 5PM- Stayed here for 11 days.

 

                    They left Combe Martin ( 24th ) taking the train back to London. Returning to the Davy's home.

                   The next day they toured London - Victoria & Albert Musuem, the Zoo at Regent's Park, Westminster Abbey, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, many trips on the subway - Oxford Circus, Piccadilly....

                    At night they went to Queen's Hall to hear a concert.

 

                At the following night ( 26th ) they went to see a play at the London Coliseum.

                On the ( 28th ) they went to the Persian Consulate to obtain travel documents, then visited Margaret Craske & Mabel Ryan's Ballet school. At night they all went to see a play called " Daddy Long Legs ".

 

                    Baba was taken ( 30th ) to the studio of a Japanese photographer - Imai. 6 portraits were taken.

             The following day ( Oct.1st ) they went to the London Zoo. At night they went to the Piccadilly Theatre, at Piccadilly Circus  to see a play called " Folly to be Wise ".

 

                The next day ( 2nd ) they took a taxi driving around London, also to the American Consulate, where he signed his name with an "X" - then to the Ballet school, followed to by a visit to a home for the needy run by Kitty's mother - Helena.

 

                    At night Baba visited Gandhi at his invitation to where he was staying at Powis Road E3 - Kingsley Hall Community Centre                                                                          ( Gandhi stayed here for 12 weeks ) - Baba returned later to the Davy's home.

 

                    Baba then left the next day ( 3rd ) for Istanbul via Dover - Calais - took the Orient Express, arrived in Milan ( 4th)

               - they reached Istanbul on the ( 6th ) via Venice, Trieste, Belgrade and Sofia.

 

                  - Upon arriving in Istanbul they took a taxi to the Hotel Continental.

                 They visited on the ( 10th ) the Topkapi Palace Musuem and later the slums.

 

                   Later on ( 12th ) they booked passage at the Cook's World Travel office to America.

                   They left Istanbul ( 14th ) by train at 5:35PM for Milan, arriving the next day ( 15th ) at 5:30PM.

                    - they stayed at the Albergo Imperiale Hotel - staying for about 10 days.

 

                 On the ( 16th ) they visited the Certosa Cathedral and Monastery, - the Italian Alps ( 18th ),Lake Como ( 20th ).

 

                They left Milan ( 25th ) on the 6:40 train -arrived in Genoa 2 hours later, staying at the Milano Terminus Hotel.

 

                 They boarded the S.S. Roma (  Oct.27th ) departing at 10PM, heading for New York via Naples.

 

                                             U S A - East Coast 1931 

 

                   Arrived in New York ( Nov.6th ) sailing past the Statue of Liberty. Docked at 2PM.They were taken by 2 cars to a retreat 40 miles ( 64 Kms) north along the Hudson River to a town called Croton-Harmon, on the Albany Post Road - staying 10 days.

                 On the ( 9th ) the first of the outside visitors came to visit Baba, including Norina, Elizabeth - first time.

                   They left ( 15th ) for Manhattan - Baba stayed at the Stokes' home at  88 Grove Street Greenwich Village.

 

                    Baba returned ( 17th ) to the Harmon retreat - he met Elizabeth Patterson for the first time there.

                    They left for Boston  ( Nov.21st ) they drove there, staying at the Vendome Hotel. He was driven around the city for an hour and returned to the hotel at 11AM. He met several people there.

                  The following day ( 22nd ) he met many at the hotel, - Swami Paramananda, Thomas Watson, Dane Rudhyar.....

 

                    On the ( 23rd ) Baba was taken to Cath Gardner's 100 acre wooded estate called Greenfields in Hancock NH. - they returned to Boston in the afternoon.

 

                   He boarded the S.S. George Washington at 5PM taking a boat ride back to New York. Arrived ( 24th ) at 10AM - Baba stayed at the Astor Hotel on Broadway. Several people saw him there.

 

                  The next night ( 25th ) he was taken to see the Marx Brothers' film "Monkey Business" - later that day the photograper Arnold Genthe came to the hotel and photographed him.

 

                 Baba left ( 28th ) evening for Harmon retreat - arriving 11PM. One or two days later Baba was driven to Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, 5 miles away. The car drove around the prison once there. They then drove back to Harmon.

 

                   In the evening ( Dec.3rd ) a film producer Mr.Artkin met Baba about making a film - a working title "A Touch of Maya" suggested by Baba.

 

                 The following morning Friday ( 4th ) Baba left Harmon at 8AM and was driven to the Stokes' home in New York. - later Baba was driven around Wall Street. In his time in America, Baba met 350 people.

 

                    Baba left New York midnight ( 5th ) on the S.S. Bremen  for France.

 

                              Return to France  1931

 

                   Landed at the port of The Havre ( 11th )- took the train to Paris - stayed at the Powers Hotel- 52 rue Franois.

                    The next night ( Dec.12th ) they all went to see a Charlie Chaplin film "City Lights".

                    The following day ( 13th ) they toured Paris - the Eiffel Tower ( group photo taken ), walked by the Seine River,  Louvre Musuem, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral,Gare du Lyons,Champs-Elysee.

                  Baba bought a new coat from Galleries Lafayette. That night they saw the film "Trader Horn".

 

                   On the ( 15th ) they went to Versailles in a Rolls Royce limo. They saw the Hall of Mirrors.

                    The next night ( 16th ) Baba left Paris for Marseilles at 6PM from Gare du Nord station.

                   The following morning ( 17th ) they arrived in Marseilles - they boarded the SS Narkunda. After breakfast they went to an old church on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean called Our Lady of the Sea - later they saw a French film "The Big House". Margaret Craske was sent back to Paris.

 

                   Their ship departed ( 18th ) Marseilles for India. Baba had taken the Paul Robeson records back with him.

 

                    They arrived in Bombay Friday ( Jan.1st 1932 ). Baba was met by many at the dock.

 

                    1932

 

                     Baba stayed in Bombay for 2 weeks, staying at Kaka Baria's sister Banubai's apartment on Frere Road.

 

                     On the ( 3rd ) Baba visited Ganghi at his residence - Mani Bhawan late that night. This was the last physical meeting between the two and the following day Gandhi was arrested by the British and went to prison.

 

   END OF VOL.4 LORD MEHER  

                                                    

                     Baba moved ( 18th ) back to Nasik and stayed for a while.

 

                 On ( Feb.5th ) Baba performed the engagement ceremony for his brother Beheram and his 2nd cousin  -Perin.

 

                     A couple weeks later ( 21st ) Baba went to Bombay by car.

                    A week later ( 29th ) he went to Baroda and then to Navsari on the ( March 1st ).

                     The next day( 2nd ) he left Navsari by train and arrived in Bombay at 7PM. Baba stayed at Kaka's sister's home.

                     On the ( 4th ) Baba went to Homi Vajifdar's home for lunch.

                     Two days later ( 6th ) he left Bombay for Nasik. Whilst here, Baba planned the next journeys - 6 men were to go

                                    to China and wait for him there, whilst he took another 6 with himself to Europe.

                     They left Nasik ( 20th ) for Bombay at 10PM. Baba gave an interview to a reporter named Mills, from Associated Press.

 

    2nd Trip to the West

 

                      Bombay, India - March 24th,1932 -  departed by S.S. Conte Rosso

 

                      Venice - ( 4th April ) - Milan, Italy( 5th )

                      Paris, France ( 6th )

                    Dover, England - ( April 7th,1932 ) - London - East Challacombe ( 17 - 24 April ) - London - departed ( 27th )

                     Paris, France - arrived the same day

               Lugano, Switzerland - arrived ( April 28th ) - Madonna del Sasso & Mt.Generoso

                     Paris, France - ( May 8th ) - Boulogne

                 Dover,England - ( May 9th ) - London - departed ( May 13th ) by S.S. Bremen

 

                    New York, U S A - arrived ( May 19th ) - Harmon, NY ( 23rd ) - departed midnight  ( 25th ) by train via Albany,NY , Rochester, NY, Buffalo, NY, Erie, PA., Cleveland, Ohio.

                    Arrived in Chicago, Ill. ( 26th ) - Kansas City, Missouri ( 27th ) - El Paso, Texas ( 28th ) - Tucson, Arizona ( 28th )

                     Alhambra - Los Angeles, CA.,- ( May 29th ) - Hollywood - Santa Monica - Los Angeles - departed ( June 4th ) by S.S. Monterey

 

                     Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - arrived ( June 9th.)

 

                    ( Rustom leaves alone on same ship for New Zealand - Australia - India. )

 

                     - Baba departs ( June 11th ) by S.S. Empress of Japan

 

                  Yokohama, Japan - arrived ( June 19th ) then to Kobe, Japan ( June 20th )

 

                 Shanghai, China - arrived ( June 22nd ) - Nanking ( 24th - 27th ) - Shanghai - departed ( 28th ) by S.S. Kaiser-i-Hind

 

                 [ Herbert Davy departs ( July 4th ) for Dairen - Russia - Marseilles,France ]

 

                    Hong Kong - arrived ( July 1st )  then to Kowloon ( 2nd )

                    Singapore ( 6th ) -stayed 2 days

                    Penang, Malayasia ( July 9th )

                   Colombo, Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ) - arrived ( July 13th,) left same day by same ship

                    Bombay, India - arrived ( July 15th )  - Stayed 3 days

 

                       3rd Trip to the West

 

                 Bombay, India - departed ( July 18th ) by the S.S. Kaiser-i-Hind, 1932 - Aden - Port Said

                     Maiselles, France - arrived ( July 29th ) takes train via Genoa, Italy

                     Santa Margherita, Italy.   Herbert Davy is sent to Assisi - ( Aug 1st )

                     Rapallo, Portofino

                     Pisa ( 6th ) - Sienna

                     Assisi ( 6th ) - Mt Subasio

                     Florence ( 8th ) - Monte Ceceri

                   Santa Margherita ( 8th ) - San Fruttuoso - Portofino Vetta - Portofino - Genoa - Milan - Venice ( Aug 17th ).

 

                     ( Baba sent Herbert Davy to Warsaw, Poland ).

 

                     Venice, Italy - departed ( Aug 20th ) by RMS. Ausonia

                  Alexandria, Egypt ( Aug 23rd ) - then train to Cairo - Giza - Port Said - departed S.S. Victoria  ( Aug 29th ).

                     Bombay, India - arrived ( Sept 5th.)

 

                    Nasik - Bombay - Nasik - Poona - Meherabad - Panchgani - Bombay

 

( Baba sent Norina & Quentin Todd to tour Germany & other countries to promote him )

 

                                              4th Trip to the West

 

                     Bombay, India - departed ( Nov 21st, 1932 ) on the S.S.Conte Verde

 

                     ( Rustom was sent to Los Angeles via China, he departed on ( Dec.2nd )

 

                    ( Chanji was sent to China to stay  with Herbert Davy in China, he left in late Dec. )

                     Venice - arrived Friday ( 2nd Dec.) then took the train to Paris.

                     Milan ( 4th )

                     Paris ( 6th , 6 am )

                     London ( 6th noon ) , left by train ( Dec 14th ).

                     Zurich ( 15th )

                     Genoa ( 16th ) , departed ( 17th ) by the S.S. Esperia

                     Alexandria, Egypt ( Dec.19th )

 

                   ( Adi Jrn., Vishnu, & Jal were sent by train to Port Said and left for India on the RMS. Naldera )

               Cairo ( 20th ) -  Helwan ( 23rd ) - Sakkara ( 25th ) - Cairo ( 26th ) - Alexandria ( 29th ) - Cairo ( 31st )

                    Port Said , departed Jan.3rd 1933

            

            1933

 

                    Colombo, Ceylon [ Sri Lanka ] - ( 12th ) - Bandarawela - Colombo ( 27th ) - departed ( Jan.30th ) to India.

 

                    Madras to Bombay by train , arriving ( Feb.2nd ) - Nasik ( 6th ) -Bombay ( 10th ) - Meherabad - Bombay ( Mar.3rd )

 

                    - then to Bhor ( 5th ) - Kolhapur ( 6th ) - Nasik

 

                     ( the Westerners had sailed on the S.S. Victoria from Genoa ( March 28th )

arriving in Bombay ( Apr.7th ).

 

                    - they then went to Nasik ( 9th ) - Bhandardara ( 10th ), then to Igatpuri by train ( April 12th ). - Agra ( 13th )

                   - then to Rawalpindi [ now in Pakistan ] ( 15th ) then by 3 cars to Murree, staying 3 days

                   - then took taxis to Srinagar ( 18th ) - Harvan - Mansbal Lake - Srinagar - leaving on ( April 24th ) by cars - Murree - Rawalpindi

 

                 - the same day, then took the train on ( 25th ) to Delhi ( 26th ) - Bombay ( 27th ).

                    The Westerners left the same day on the RMS Britannic to Genoa, Italy.

 

                      5th Trip to the West

 

                     Bombay, India - departed ( June 12th 1933 ) on the S.S. Victoria

                     Aden ( 16th )

                     Genoa ( 23rd ), then by car to Portofino ( 28th )

                     Santa Margherita, Italy left by train to Rome

                     Rome - arrived ( July 7th ) - Vatican - St Peter's Basilica - Capitoline Hill - Forum - Colosseum - Lateran

                     Santa Margherita, Italy ( 9th ) - Portofino

                     Portofino , leaving ( 24th )

                     Genoa, leaving the same day on the S.S. Victoria

                     Bombay - arrived August 4th - then to Nasik the same day.

 

                      6th Trip to the West

 

                     Bombay, India - departed ( Sept 25th ) sailed on the M.V. Conte Verde

                     Brindisi, Italy ( Oct 5th )

                     Venice, Italy ( Oct 6th ) - then left by train to Milan, arriving the same night, short stop.

                     Paris, France ( 8th ) -stayed a day and took the train to Dover, England

                     Dover ( 9th ) - Baba driven to London, whilst the others went by train.

                     London - left by train ( Oct 22nd )

                   Dover - the same day to Calais, France, the by the Continental Express train to Paris

                    Paris - the same day ( 6 PM ) then by the Paris - Orleans Night Express to Spain.

                     Irun, Spain ( 23rd )

                     Avila, Spain - arriving at 6PM the same day.

                     Madrid ( 24th ) 10:30PM

                     Barcelona, Spain ( 31st )

                   Marseilles, France ( Nov.2nd ) AM  - departing at noon on the S.S.Viceroy of India

                     Aden, Yemen ( 12th )

                     Bombay, India ( Nov. 14th 1933 ) - then drove to Nasik the same day.

 

                     Nasik ( Nov.30th ) left for Meherabad

           

                    1934

 

                     January - went to Panchgani for a day and also visited Arangaon, twice.

                  Meherabad ( Feb.16th ) left for Madras by train - arrived on the (17th ) , 5PM

                  Madras ( 19th ) departed by the Bombay Express train, back in Meherabad on the ( Feb.20th.)

 

 

                 Meherabad ( Apr.14th ) arriving same day in Nasik, then to Bombay ( 15th ).

                 Bombay ( Apr.17th ) 1:45PM left on the Madras Express train to Bangalore - arriving late the next night ( 18th.)

                 - toured the city also to Nandi Hills - Sultanpet. Departed  ( 27th 2PM ) to the village of Kengeri.

                Bangalore ( Apr.30th ) 8AM - arrived by taxi. Departed ( May 2nd ), arriving the next day in Meherabad.

 

                           END OF VOL.5 LORD MEHER

 

 

3.  1940's :

 

 

 

4.  1950's :

 

 

 

5.  1960's :
                             

 

 

Chronology


Prepared by David Fenster, updated as of Sun, 15 Nov 2009

 

 

 

Year

Month

Day

Description

Early Years

1894

Feb

25

Born Sassoon Hospital, Poona

 

1899

 

 

Attends Padamji Gujarati School, Poona

 

1902

Sept

01

Attends Dastur Girls School, Poona

 

1902

Sept

15

Jal born

 

1903

Aug

31

Attends Camp Government English School, Poona

 

1908

June

20

Beheram born

 

1909

Jan

04

Attends St. Vincent’s High School, Poona. Visits to Lonavla, Bombay during vacations

 

1911

Dec

 

Attends Deccan College, Poona

 

 

 

 

Poona to Udwada, Navsari, Surat, Broach, Bombay,

 

1913

May

 

Embrace from Babajan

 

1914

 

 

Kondhwa for 3 days & return to Poona

Poona to Bombay stay at Jamshed’s

 

1914

July

10

Adi Jr. born

 

1915

April

 

Poona to Kedgaon. Contact Narayan Maharaj. Kedgaon to Bombay. Bombay to Aurangabad, Nagpur. Contacts Tajuddin Baba. Return to Poona.

 

1916-17

 

 

Poona to Shirdi. Contacts Sai Baba.

 

1916-17

 

 

Shirdi to Khandoba’s Temple.   Contacts Upasni Maharaj. 2-day stay & return to Poona.

 

1916-17

 

 

Visits Sakori once a month

 

1916-17

 

 

Poona to Nargol for a few months

 

1916-17

 

 

Poona to Calcutta for 3 months

 

1916-17

 

 

To Lahore & return to Poona

 

1916-17

 

 

Monthly visits to Sakori-Shirdi resumed

 

1917

April

 

Poona to Bombay. Meets Gustadji & returns

 

1917

Oct

 

Poona to Sakori-Shirdi & returns

 

1918

Aug

01

Kasba Peth Toddy Shop bought

 

1918

Oct

15

Sai Baba dies

 

1918

Dec

15

Mani born

 

1919

Aug/Sep

 

Visit Sakori - Belapur, Nagpur

 

1919

Nov

 

Poona to Sakori to Benares

 

1920

 

 

Benares to Jagannath Puri, Kharagpur, Nagpur, Sakori, Poona

 

1920

 

 

Poona to Sakori, Nasik, Gavalwadi, Sakori, Poona

 

1920

 

 

Poona to Nasik. In a cave for 40 days

 

 

1920

 

 

Name ‘MEHER BABA’ given.

Return to Poona

 

1921

 

 

Poona to Neral to Poona, Dhond, Manmad, Bombay

 

1921

March

20

Poona to Sakori

 

1921

March

21

Sakori to Nagpur to Poona

 

1921

July

 

Poona to Ahmednagar for program on 26 July

 

1921

July

 

Ahmednagar to Poona (After 7 days)

 

1921

End July-Beg Aug

 

Poona to Sakori for 6 months

 

1922

Jan

 

Sakori to Bombay

 

1922

Jan

23

Bombay to Mandwa

 

1922

Jan

26

Mandwa to Bombay

 

1922

Jan

27

Bombay to Poona

 

1922

Feb

18

Baba’s birthday

 

1922

May

09

Poona to Sakori

 

1922

May

19

Sakori to Poona

Foot Journey To Bombay

1922

May

22

Poona to Chinchwad, Khind, Talegaon

“

1922

May

23

Talegaon to Kamshet

“

1922

May

24

Kamshet to Khandala

“

1922

May

25

Khandala to Khopoli to Chauk

“

1922

May

26

Chauk to Panvel

“

1922

May

27

Panvel to Mumbra to Bombay

“

1922

June

07

Manzil-e-Meem stay begins.

“

1922

July

28

Bombay to Sakori

“

1922

July

31

Sakori to Bombay

“

1922

Aug

26

Bombay to Borivli to Ghodbundar

“

1922

Aug

27

Return to Bombay

“

1922

Sept

11

Bombay by train

“

1922

Sept

12

Arrive Ajmer

“

1922

Sept

18

Ajmer to Pushkar. Leave by night train

“

1922

Sept

19

Arrive Bombay

“

1922

Oct

08

Visit to Juhu for a few days. Return to Bombay

“

1922

Oct

14

Leave Bombay

“

1922

Oct

15

Arrive Sakori to Ahmednagar

“

1922

Oct

16

Ahmednagar to Bombay

“

1922

Oct

17

Arrive Bombay

“

1922

Oct

30

Visit to Kalyan

“

1922

Nov-Dec

 

In Bombay, Manzil-e-Meem

“

1923

Jan

 

In Bombay, Manzil-e-Meem

“

1923

Feb

19

Baba’s birthday

“

1923

April

13

Visit to Kalyan

“

1923

April

19

Leave Bombay night on Raichur passenger train

“

1923

April

20

Arrive Poona & on to Ahmednagar

Foot Journey To Bombay (end?)

1923

April

30

Ahmednagar to Happy Valley

Quetta Trip 1923

1923

May

25

Ahmednagar to Ankai, Manmad & on

“

1923

May

26

In train to Sanchi & on

“

1923

May

27

Arrive Agra

“

1923

May

28

Agra to Mathura

“

1923

May

29

Mathura to Delhi & on

“

1923

May

30

Arrive Bhatinda to Samasata & on

“

1923

May

31

Arrive Karachi

“

1923

June

04

Visit to Malir

“

1923

June

07

Leave Karachi by train

“

1923

June

08

Arrive Quetta via Sibi, Mach

“

1923

June

21

Visit to Urak

“

1923

June

25

Leave Quetta by train

“

1923

June

26

Change trains Hyderabad (Sind) to Marwar & on

“

1923

June

27

Arrive Ahmedabad

“

1923

July

01

Ahmedabad to Jetalpur to Barejadi

“

1923

July

02

Kaira to Mehmadabad & on by train

“

1923

July

03

Arrive Broach to Ankleshwar

“

1923

July

04

Ankleshwar to Surat

“

1923

July

05

Surat to Sachin to Navsari

“

1923

July

07

Navsari to Bombay to Nasik

“ (end?)

1923

July

09

Nasik to Manmad, Ahmednagar, Meherabad

 

1923

July

12

Ahmednagar to Bombay 12.45 p.m.; arrive Manmad 5.30 p.m. depart 7:30

 

1923

July

13

Arrive Bombay 4.30 a.m.

 

1923

Aug

16

Bombay to Lonavla

 

1923

Aug

22

Lonavla to Poona

 

1923

Aug

23

Poona to Lonavla to Poona

 

1923

Aug

27

Visit to Saswad

 

1923

Aug

30

Visit to Kirkee to Bombay

 

1923

Sept

03

Irani Mansion stay begins

Walking trip to Sakori 1923

1923

Oct

19

Bombay to Ghatkopar

“

1923

Oct

20

Ghatkopar to Mulund to Thana

“

1923

Oct

21

Thana to Kolshet, Bhiwandi, Padgha

“

1923

Oct

22

Padgha to Asangaon

“

1923

Oct

23

Asangaon to Shahapur to Khardi

“

1923

Oct

24

Khardi to Kasara

“

1923

Oct

25

Kasara to Igatpuri

“

1923

Oct

26

Igatpuri to Ghoti

“

1923

Oct

27

Ghoti to Bari, Bhandardara, Bari

“

1923

Oct

28

Bari to Rajur

“

1923

Oct

29

Rajur to Akola

“

1923

Oct

30

Akola to Sangamner to Nimbgaon Jali

“

1923

Oct

31

Nimbgaon Jali to Loni to Bableshwar

“

1923

Nov

01

Mandali sent to Sakori

“

1923

Nov

02

Bableshwar to Ahmednagar

Karachi Trip

1923

Nov

11

Ahmednagar to Manmad & on

“

1923

Nov

12

In train to Jalgaon, Amalner; Arv. Surat 7.30 p.m., change trains & on at 10 p.m.

“

1923

Nov

13

Arv Ahmedabad earl morning; leave 8.50 a.m. on Delhi Mail, Marwar at 7 p.m. & on

“

1923

Nov

14

Arrive Hyderabad (Sind) 12.30 p.m. to Karachi, arv. 6.30 p.m., to Halt Ho Bungalow

“

1923

Nov

22

Karachi to Bombay by ship S.S. Vita

“

1923

Nov

23

On ship touch Kutch-Mandvi past Dwarka to Porbandar

“

1923

Nov

24

Arrive Bombay to Khandala to Lonavla

“

1923

Nov

29

Lonavla to Poona

“

1923

Nov

30

Poona to Sholapur

“

1923

Nov

31

Leaves Sholapur by train

“

1923

Dec

01

Arrive Dhond to Visapur to Akolner

“

1923

Dec

02

Akolner to Meherabad

“

1923

Dec

end

Meherabad to Poona for 1-2 days & return to Meherabad

“

1923

Dec

31

Ahmednagar to Bombay Bharucha building stay begins

 

1924

Jan

 

In Bombay, Bharucha building

 

1924

Feb

12

Baba’s birthday

Persia Trip

1924

Feb

22

Bombay to Karachi by ship S.S. Varela

“

1924

 

 

Karachi to Bushire

“

1924

 

 

Bushire by ship Baroja to Bandar Abbas, Bahrain, Lingeh, Henjam, Muscat & on

“

1924

March

2nd week

Arrive Karachi

“

1924

March

13 ~

Karachi to Hyderabad (Sind), Lucknow, Raxaul, Maghar

“

1924

March

17~

Maghar to Kanpur

“

1924

March

18~

Kanpur to Itarsi

“

1924

March

24~

Itarsi to Meherabad

 

1924

April

 

Ghamela Yoga at Meherabad

 

1924

May

03

Visit to Happy Valley & return

 

1924

May

20

Upasni Maharaj’s birthday

 

1924

May

26

Meherabad to Toka to Aurangabad

 

1924

May

27

Aurangabad to Ghodegaon to Meherabad

Quetta Trip

1924

June

02

Meherabad to Manmad, Deolali, Lahit, Igatpuri & on by train

“

1924

June

03

Arrive Bombay

Quetta Trip

1924

June

06

Leave Bombay by train

“

1924

June

07

In Train to Ahmedabad, Marwar & on

“

1924

June

08

Arrive Hyderabad (Sind) & on

“

1924

June

09

To Sibi to Quetta

“

1924

June

14

Quetta to Sukkur

“

1924

June

15

Sukkur to Quetta

“

1924

July

16

Quetta to Mach & on by train

“

1924

July

17

Arrive Karachi. Visit Mungho Pir

“

1924

July

21

Leave Karachi by train

“

1924

July

25

Arrive Bombay

All India Tour

1924

Aug

1 [?]

Bombay to Poona

 

1924

Aug

2

Start from Poona approx noon by train

“

1924

Aug

03

Arrive Raichur to Madras, arv. 9.30 p.m.

“

1924

Aug

05

Madras to Mettupalaiyam

“

1924

Aug

06

Mettupalaiyam to Coty to Coonoor

“

1924

Aug

07

Coonoor to Kalla, Mettupalaiyam & on

“

1924

Aug

08

Arrive Madras

“

1924

Aug

09

Leave Madras by train

“

1924

Aug

10

In train

“

1924

Aug

11

Arrive Calcutta

“

1924

Aug

12

Visit to Dakshineshwar. Leave Calcutta

“

1924

Aug

13

In train to Mughal Sarai & on

“

1924

Aug

14

Arrive Hardwar. Visit Rishikesh, Laxman Zula

“

1924

Aug

15

Hardwar to Pathri

“

1924

Aug

16

Pathri to Laskar

“

1924

Aug

18

Laskar to Moradabad

“

1924

Aug

19

Moradabad to Lucknow & on

“

1924

Aug

20

In train to Jhansi and arrive Bhopal

“

1924

Aug

21

Leave Bhopal by train

“

1924

Aug

22

Arrive Ratlam and continue to Baroda

“

1924

Aug

24

Leave Baroda by train

“

1924

Aug

25

In train to Nagda, Ratlam, Ujjain,   Mortakka to Mandhata

“

1924

Aug

26

Mandhata (Omkareshwar) & on

“

1924

Aug

27

Ratlam to Baroda

“

1924

Aug

28

Baroda to Pavagarh

“

1924

Aug

29

Pavagarh to Baroda

“

1924

Aug

30

Baroda to Broach

“

1924

Sept

09

Broach to Bombay

“

1924

Sept

14

Bombay to Poona, Londa, Castle Rock, Marmagao, Panjim

“

1924

Sept

19~

Panjim for 3 days & return to Bombay

 

1924

Oct-Nov

 

Frequent visits to Ahmednagar from Bombay

 

1924

Nov

18

At Meherabad. One week of silence

 

1924

Dec

1st week

Meherabad to Bombay

 

1924

Dec

 

Bombay to Belgaum

 

1924

Dec

 

Belgaum to Bombay

 

1925

Jan

 

At Bharucha Building, Bombay

 

1925

Jan

11

At Bombay; writes to Ghani that he intends to come to Poona in a few days for a visit

 

1925

Jan

25

Bombay to Meherabad

 

1925

Feb

18

Baba’s birthday

 

1925

March

21

Meher Charitable Hospital opened

 

1925

April

14

Meherabad to Bombay ; leave Bombay on 17 April night

 

1925

April

18

Arrive Meherabad

 

1925

April

23~

Meherabad to Bombay

 

1925

April

24

Leave Bombay

 

1925

April

25

Arv. Meherabad

 

1925

April

30

Visit Dhond

 

1925

May

3

Meherabad to Bombay

 

1925

May

6

Arv. Meherabad [lft Bombay 5 night]

 

1925

May

22

Meherabad to Visapur; on to Talegaon

 

1925

May

24

Talegaon to Meherabad

 

1925

June

04

Meherabad to Bombay

 

1925

June

12

Arv. Meherabad

 

1925

June

17

Dahigaon, ten miles from Meherabad

 

1925

June

18

Meherabad to Poona

 

1925

June

19

Poona to Meherabad

 

1925

July

10

Silence begins

 

1925

July

13

Writing the book begins

 

1925

Aug

17

Tajuddin Baba dies

 

1925

Sept

04

Makan-e-Khas opened

 

1925

Sept

25

Upasni Serai opened

 

1925

Nov

10

First Dhuni lit

 

1925

Dec

 

At Meherabad

 

1926

Jan

 

At Meherabad

 

1926

Feb

18

Baba’s birthday

 

1926

Feb

27

Jamshed dies

 

1926

May

23

Visit to Rahuri

 

1926

July

30

Visit to Happy Valley

 

1926

Aug

29

Visit to Machi Bagh in Ahmednagar

 

1926

Sept

21

Visit to Walki

 

1926

Oct

04

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1926

Oct

18

Visit to Bhingar

 

1926

Oct

26

Dismantling Meherabad buildings begins

 

1926

Nov

25

Meherabad to Lonavla by bus

 

1926

Nov

27

Visit Khandala

 

1926

Nov

29

Visit Talegaon

 

1926

Dec

05

Lonavla to Bombay, lv. 12.30p.m. train. Arv. 4.50 p.m. Stay at Santa Cruz

 

1926

Dec

24

Leave Bombay by train, via Manmad

 

1926

Dec

25

Arrive Meherabad

 

1927

Jan

 

At Meherabad

 

1927

Jan

02

Writing stopped

 

1927

Jan

05

Drive to Visapur, 1:30 – 3:45 p.m.

 

1927

Jan

07

Begins using alphabet board

 

1927

Jan

11

Visit to Ahmednagar, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

 

1927

Jan

12

Meherabad to Poona to Meherabad, lv. 7 a.m. ret Meherabad 9:30 p.m.

 

1927

Jan

20

Visit to Pimpalgaon, return 7 p.m.

 

1927

Feb

01

Visit to Ahmednagar at night

 

1927

Feb

11

Visit to Akolner & Ahmednagar

 

1927

Feb

13

Visit Ahmednagar

 

1927

Feb

18

Baba’s birthday

 

1927

Feb

19

Visit Ahmednagar, Kaka Shahane’s

 

1927

Feb

25

Visit Ahmednagar, Kaka Shahane’s

 

1927

March

01

Hazrat Babajan High School opened

 

1927

March

10

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

March

21

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

March

27

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

March

28

Visit to Ahmednagar, Kaka’s

 

1927

March

31

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

April

6

Visit to Ahmednagar, Bapurao Talati’s residence

 

1927

April

8

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

April

18

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

May

01

Meher Ashram opened

 

1927

May

4

Visit Ahmednagar, Sherri village [34 miles away]; lv. 4 p.m. unclear if Baba changed his mind and sent mandali alone. Chanji 23v55

 

1927

May

10

Visit to Ahmednagar?

 

1927

May

17

Visit to Rahuri, lv. 4:30 p.m., arv. 6:30 p.m.; ret. Meherabad 11 p.m.

 

1927

May

19

Visit to Ahmednagar morn, ret at 11 a.m.

 

1927

May

22

Visit to Ahmednagar, return to Meherabad arv 1:30 p.m.

 

1927

May

27

Visit to Ahmednagar, Shendi

 

1927

June

05

Meherabad to Aurangabad, Ellora Caves, Khuldabad & return to Meherabad

 

1927

June

10

Visit to Ahmednagar?

 

1927

June

22

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

June

23

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

July

02

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

July

04

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

Aug

10

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

Aug

11

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

Aug

12

Visit to Ahmednagar to Angal Pleader’s

 

1927

Aug

16

Stay in underground crypt begins

 

1927

Aug

21

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1927

Aug

27

Visit to Nagar?

 

1927

Sept

01

Visit to Anna’s home, lv. 7.30 p.m. from Meherabad

 

1927

Sept

08

Visit to Nagar

 

1927

Sept

15

Visit to Ahmednagar, Bhingar, Camp area

 

1927

Oct

 

At Meherabad

 

1927

Oct

01

Visit to Nagar to Shankarnath’s carpentry workshop; ret at 9 a.m.

 

1927

Oct

25

Meherabad to Shoniwade Parsika-Mala, 2 miles away for picnic; evening to Ahmednagar, Khushru Quarters

 

1927

Nov

1

Ride with Adi Sr. in his Chevrolet to railway station

 

1927

Nov

15

Visit to Volkart Brothers premises [a business?] in Nagar

 

1927

Nov

27

Visit to Pimpalgaon Lake

 

1927

Dec

07

Visit to Nepti village

 

1927

Dec

19

Visit Ahmednagar, Raya Sakhare’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

1928

Jan

 

At Meherabad

 

1928

Jan

4

Visit Arangaon

 

1928

Feb

18

Baba’s Birthday

 

1928

March

06

Visit to Happy Valley

 

1928

March

10

Rustom sent to England

 

1928

March

25

Prem Ashram opened

 

1928

April

01

Babajan visits Meherabad

 

1928

April

02

Meherabad to Poona to Meherabad

 

1928

May

08

Visit to Poona

 

1928

May

15

Meherabad to Poona to Bombay

 

1928

May

17

Bombay to Meherabad to Toka to Meherabad

 

1928

May

25

Visit to Toka

 

1928

May

28

Visit to Toka

 

1928

May

31

Visit to Toka

 

1928

June

03

Ashram shifted from Meherabad to Toka

 

1928

June

30

Meredith Starr arrives

 

1928

July

 

At Toka

 

1928

Aug

20

Toka to Ahmednagar, Shinde to Toka

 

1928

Oct

03

Toka to Ahmednagar to Nasik

 

1928

Oct

05

Nasik to Ahmednagar to Toka

 

1928

Oct

06

Visit to Gangapur

 

1928

Oct

24

Toka to Happy Valley

 

1928

Oct

28

Happy Valley to Toka

 

1928

Nov

01

Visit to Newasa

 

1928

Nov

23

Visit to Raya Sakhare’s, Ahmednagar, with Vishnu

 

1928

Nov

26

Toka to Ahmednagar

 

1928

Nov

27

Ahmednagar to Meherabad

 

1928

Nov

29

Meherabad to Toka to Ahmednagar? to Meherabad

 

1928

Dec

 

At Meherabad

 

1929

Jan

 

At Meherabad

 

1929

Jan

04

Visit Arangaon

 

1929

Jan

13

Women Mandali shift to Nasik

Diksal Dhulia Trips

1929

Jan

15

Meherabad to Ahmednagar

“

1929

Jan

17

Ahmednagar to Dhond

““

1929

Jan

18

Dhond to Patas

““

1929

Jan

19

Patas to Rawangaon

““

1929

Jan

21

Rawangaon to Diksal

““

1929

Jan

24

Diksal to Ahmednagar

““

1929

Jan

27

Ahmednagar to Meherabad

““

1929

Feb

05

Meherabad to Malegaon to Dhulia

““

1929

Feb

06

Dhulia to Yeola & on

““

1929

Feb

07

Arrive at Meherabad

“

1929

Feb

17

Baba’s birthday

 

1929

Feb

25

Meherabad to Ahmednagar

 

1929

Feb

26

Ahmednagar to Happy Valley

 

1929

Feb

28

Happy Valley to Meherabad

 

1929

March

30

Meherabad to Nasik

 

1929

April

03

Nasik to Meherabad

 

1929

April

11

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1929

April

17

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1929

April

19

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1929

April

22

Meherabad to Nasik

 

1929

April

25

Nasik to Meherabad

 

1929

April

30

Visit to Ahmednagar

Rishikesh Trip

1929

May

08

Meherabad to Ahmednagar

 

1929

May

09

Ahmednagar to Nasik

““

1929

May

10

Nasik to Manmad, Khandwa & on

““

1929

May

11

Arrive Delhi

““

1929

May

12

Delhi to Hardwar

““

1929

May

13

Hardwar to Rishikesh

““

1929

May

14

Rishikesh to Dehra Dun to Rishikesh

““

1929

May

15

Leave Rishikesh by train

““

1929

May

16

Arrive Lahore & on to Rohri, via Lahore-Karachi Express, via Khanewal, Multan

““

1929

May

17

Rohri to Sukkur & on

““

1929

May

18

Arrive Quetta

 

1929

May

19

Visit to Urak

““

1929

May

23

Leave Quetta by train

““

1929

May

24

Sind, Shikrapur, Sukkur, Rohri

““

1929

May

25

Marwar & on

““

1929

May

26

Arrive Bombay & continue to Kalyan

““

1929

May

27

Arrive Manmad; & on to Ahmednagar; darshan at Akbar press before going to Meherabad

“

1929

May

31

Visit Ahmednagar

 

1929

June

09

Meherabad to Nasik via Sangamner

 

1929

June

11

Lv. Nasik 11 a.m. train to Meherabad

 

1929

June

14

Visit to Ahmednagar

 

1929

June

26

Meherabad to Nasik

 

1929

June

28

Nasik to Meherabad, arv. 11 a.m.

Kashmir Trip

1929

July

10

Meherabad to Nasik; visit Pandu Lena Caves

 

1929

July

11

Visit Gangapur Falls; Nasik to Chandor

““

1929

July

12

Chandor to Dhulia

““

1929

July

15

Dhulia to Phalghat

““

1929

July

16

Phalghat to Palsner, In Hew, Indore

““

1929

July

17

Indore to Dewas to Bhopal

““

1929

July

18

Bhopal to Guna

““

1929

July

19

lv. Guna 11:24 a.m.; arv. Shivpuri 1:15 p.m., to Gwalior

““

1929

July

20

Gwalior to Bharatpur to Agra

““

1929

July

22

Agra to Hathras, Aligarh, Delhi

““

1929

July

23

Sightseeing in Delhi

““

1929

July

24

Delhi to Bahadurgarh, Panipat, Karnal, Ambala, Sirhind, Khanna to Ludhiana

““

1929

July

25

Ludhiana to Jullundur, Ferozapur, Amritsar to Lahore

““

1929

July

27

Lahore to Wazirabad, Jhelum, Rawalpindi

““

1929

July

28

Rawalpindi to Murree to Kohala

““

1929

July

29

Kohala to Domel to Uri

““

1929

July

30

Uri to Rampur to Srinagar

““

1929

July

31

Srinagar to Islamabad (Anantag), Martand, Achhibal & return to Srinagar

““

1929

Aug

1

Srinagar to Mansbal Lake, Nishat, Shalimar, Harvan

““

1929

Aug

2

Visit Harvan

““

1929

Aug

3

Srinagar to Harvan

““

1929

Aug

11

Harvan to Srinagar to Munda, Banihal

““

1929

Aug

12

Banihal to Batoti to Udampur

““

1929

Aug

13

Udampur to Jammu, Sialkot, Wazirabad, Lahore [Empress Hotel]

““

1929

Aug

14

Lahore to Ludhiana, Rajpura, Ambala.   Arrive Karnal late at night.

““

1929

Aug

15

Karnal to Panipat, Delhi, Aligarh, Samami

“

1929

Aug

16

Samami to Hathras, Agra, Dholpur, Gwalior, Shivpuri

 

1929

Aug

17

Shivpuri to Kolaras, Guna, Biaora, Pachor

““

1929

Aug

18

Pachor to Sarangpur, Indore, Mhow, Nimrani

““

1929

Aug

19

Nimrani to Phalgat, Shirpur, Tapti River

““

1929

Aug

20

Tapti to Dhulia

”“

1929

Aug

23

Dhulia to Malegaon, Manmad, Yeola

“”

1929

Aug

24

Yeola to Ellora, Aurangabad, Khuldabad, Daulatabad, Jalna

““

1929

Aug

25

Jalna to Aurangabad, Yeola, Manmad, Nasik

“

1929

Aug

27

Nasik to Ahmednagar, Akbar Press, Meherabad

 

1929

Sept

2

Visit to Jamkhed village

 

1929

Sept

3

Meherabad to Bombay

 

1929

Sept

7

Visit Mazagaon, Bhandarwada water reservoir

 

1929

Sept

9

Shift to Kandivli

 

1929

Sept

16

Visit Mount Poinsur (Mandapeshwar caves) near Borivli; Bombay to Nasik

 

1929

Sept

17

Nasik to Kandivli

 

1929

Sept

19

Kandivli to Bombay

Persia Trip

1929

Sept

20

Leave Bombay by ship S. S. Versova

 

1929

Sept

21

Arrive Karachi

“”

1929

Sept

22

Leave Karachi by ship

““

1929

Sept

25

Arrive Bushire & on

““

1929

Sept

26

Arrive Abadan to Mohammerah (Khorramshahr)

Baba’s Journey“

1929

Oct

3

Mohammerah to Dezful to Jaidar

 

1929

Oct

4

Jaidar to Muroni

““

1929

Oct

5

Muroni to Mamulan

““

1929

Oct

6-14

En route by bus (see mandali’s journey)

““

1929

Oct

15

Arrive Isfahan

 

 

 

 

 

Mandali’s Journey“

1929

Oct

3

Mohammerah to Dezful

 

1929

Oct

4

Dezful to Jaidar & on

““

1929

Oct

6

Arrive Muroni

““

1929

Oct

7

Muroni to Mamulan

““

1929

Oct

8

Mamulan to Khorramabad

““

1929

Oct

10

Leave Khorramabad by bus

““

1929

Oct

12

Arrive Burujird

““

1929

Oct

13

Arrive Malayer (Daulatabad)

““

1929

Oct

15

Malayer to Irak

““

1929

Oct

16

Arrive Qom

““

1929

Oct

17

Arrive Isfahan

 

 

 

 

 

Persia Trip [cont]

1929

Oct

22

Isfahan to Djolfa to Yezd

 

1929

Oct

25

Visit to Jafrabad

““

1929

Oct

26

Visit to Jafrabad

““

1929

Oct

27

Visit to Mubarka, Khooramshahr

““

1929

Oct

28

Yezd to Behramabad

““

1929

Oct

29

Behramabad to Kerman to Mahun

““

1929

Oct

30

Mahun to Baam

““

1929

Nov

1

Leave Baam. Stranded in the desert.

““

1929

Nov

2

Arrive Fahrej.

““

1929

Nov

4

Fahrej to Shurgaz

““

1929

Nov

5

Shurgaz to Nasratabad to Duzdab

““

1929

Nov

10

Leave Duzdab by train

““

1929

Nov

11

Arrive Quetta & continue

““

1929

Nov

12

Arrive Lahore via Rohri

““

1929

Nov

14

Lahore to Ludhiana, Ambala, Delhi, Agra & on

““

1929

Nov

15

To Jhansi, Bhopal, Khandwa & on

““

1929

Nov

16

Arrive Nasik

“

1929

Nov

28

Nasik to Ahmednagar to Meherabad

 

1929

Nov

29

Ahmednagar to Meherabad to Nasik

 

1929

Dec

1

Nasik to Deolali to Nasik

 

1929

Dec

7

Nasik to Bombay

 

1929

Dec

10

Bombay to Nasik

 

1929

Dec

14

Nasik to Dhulia to Nasik

 

1929

Dec

20

Nasik to Meherabad

 

1929

Dec

22

Meherabad to Nasik

 

1929

Dec

28

Nasik to Ghoti to Jawhar

 

1929

Dec

29

Jawhar to Dahanu to Nasik

 

 

1930

Jan

 

In seclusion in Nasik

 

1930

Jan

30

Nasik to Ahmednagar via Sangamner

 

1930

Jan

31

Akbar Press to Meherabad

 

1930

Feb

1

Meherabad to Ahmednagar, Kolhar, Sangamner, Nasik

 

1930

Feb

17

Baba’s birthday

 

1930

Feb

19

Visit Pandu Lena Caves

 

1930

Feb

20

Visit Gangapur Falls

South India Tour

1930

Feb

23

Nasik to Ahmednagar to Poona

“

1930

Feb

24

Poona to Satara to Kolhapur to Tapovan

““

1930

Feb

25

Kolhapur to Belgaum, Nipani, Dharwar

““

1930

Feb

26

Dharwar to Hubli, Haveri, Harihar, Davangere

““

1930

Feb

27

Davangere to Chitradurga, Sira, Tumkur, Bangalore

““

1930

Feb

28

Bangalore to Ranipet to Arcot

““

1930

March

1

Arcot to Kanchipuram to Madras

““

1930

March

3

Madras to Poonamallee to Chittoor

““

1930

March

4

Chittoor to Palmaner, Bangalore, Mysore

““

1930

March

5

Mysore to French Rock, Hassan, Mudigere

““

1930

March

6

Mudigere to Horikan via Javali

““

1930

March

7

lv. Horikan 1:30 p.m. to Javali to Mangalore

““

1930

March

8

Mangalore to Karkal, Agumbe Ghat, Tirthahalli, Mallur

““

1930

March

9

Mallur to Mandaggada, Shimoga, Honnali, Harihar, Ranibennur, Hubli

““

1930

March

10

Hubli to Dharwar, Manoli, Nargund, Kerur, Bijapur

““

1930

March

11

Bijapur to Horti, Sholapur, Dhond

““

1930

March

12

Dhond to Ahmednagar, Manmad, Nasik

“

1930

March

21

Nasik to Ahmednagar, Dhond, Diksal

 

1930

March

22

Diksal to Sholapur

 

1930

March

23

Sholapur to Pandharpur, Satara, Wai, Panchgani

 

1930

March

24

Panchgani to Poona to Ahmednagar

 

1930

March

25

Ahmednagar to Kopargaon, Manmad,   Nasik

 

1930

April

2

Nasik to Sangamner to Ahmednagar

 

1930

April

3

Ahmednagar to Meherabad

 

1930

April

9

Meherabad to Ahmednagar, Poona, Panchgani

 

1930

April

10

Visit to Tiger Valley

 

1930

April

12

lv. Panchgani 11 a.m. to Wai, Karad, Kolhapur

 

1930

April

15

Kolhapur to Satara to Panchgani

 

1930

April

26

Panchgani to Bombay

 

1930

April

29

Bombay to Panchgani

 

1930

April

30

Panchgani to Mahabaleshwar to Panchgani

 

1930

May

1

Panchgani to Mahabaleshwar to Panchgani

 

1930

May

4

Panchgani to Kolhapur

 

1930

May

6

Kolhapur to Panchgani, arv. 5 p.m.

 

1930

May

9

Panchgani to Mahabaleshwar, morning, to Panchgani

 

1930

May

13 or 14

Panchgani to Poona to Panchgani

 

1930

May

15

Seclusion in Tiger Valley Cave begins

 

1930

May

26

Panchgani to Wai, Poona; arv. 5 p.m., lv. 5.40, arv. Meherabad 9 pm

 

1930

May

28

Meherabad to Ahmednagar, Akbar Press

 

1930

May

29

Visit Kaka Shahane’s, Ahmednagar

 

1930

June

11

Meherabad to Nasik

 

1930

June

12

Nasik to Gangapur Falls, Deolali, Nasik, Meherabad

Kashmir Tour

1930

June

15

Meherabad to Nasik & on

 

1930

June

16

Arrive Bombay to Palghar, Sanjan, Pardi, Baroda, Bhopal, Jhansi, Agra & on

““

1930

June

17

Arrive Delhi

““

1930

June

19

lv. Delhi by train to Amritsar, Lahore, Rawalpindi and on

““

1930

June

20

Arrive Murree

““

1930

June

22

Murree to Kohala to Domel to Garhi

““

1930

June

23

Garhi to Srinagar

““

1930

June

28

Srinagar to Banihal to Udhampur

““

1930

June

29

Udhampur to Jammu, Sialkot, Wazirabad, Lahore, Amritsar, Saharanpur

““

1930

June

30

Saharanpur to Lucknow & on

““

1930

July

1

Jhansi to Bina, Bhopal, Itarsi, Khandwa, Bhusawal, Manmad

““

1930

July

2

Manmad to Ahmednagar to Meherabad

“

1930

July

14

Meherabad to Nasik

Calcutta - Nagpur Trip

1930

Aug

20

Nasik to Calcutta

 

1930

Aug

23

At Calcutta

““

1930

Aug

24

Arrive Nagpur

““

1930

Aug

29

Nagpur to Hyderabad to Kolhapur

““

1930

Sept

7

Kolhapur to Bijapur

““

1930

Sept

 

Staying at Bijapur

““

1930

Sept

 

Bijapur to Poona, Nasik to Bijapur

““

1930

Oct

1

Bijapur to Nasik

““

1930

Oct

5

Nasik to Bijapur

“

1930

Oct

18

Bijapur to Nasik

 

1930

Oct

19

Nasik to Bombay

 

1930

Nov

1

Bombay to Meherabad

 

1930

Nov

7

Meherabad to Lonavla

 

1930

Nov

10

Lonavla to Nasik

 

1930

Nov

11

Nasik to Meherabad

 

1930

Nov

15 - 25

In seclusion in Panchvati Cave

 

1930

Nov

26

Meherabad to Nasik

 

1930

Nov

27

Nasik to Meherabad

 

1930

Nov

29

Meherabad to Delhi

 

1930

Dec

23

Delhi to Meherabad

 

1930

Dec

30

Meherabad to Nasik

 

1931

Jan

?

Nasik to Meherabad

 

1931

Jan

4

At Meherabad

 

1931

Jan

9

Meherabad to Nasik

 

1931

Jan

15

Nasik to Bombay

 

1931

Jan

17

Leave Bombay 10 p.m.

 

1931

Jan

18

Arrive Nasik 2 a.m.

 

1931

Feb

2

Nasik to Bombay

 

1931

Feb

5

Bombay to Nasik

 

1931

Feb

11

Nasik to Poona

 

1931

Feb

13

Poona to Nasik

 

1931

Feb

17

Baba’s Birthday

 

1931

Feb - March

 

In Nasik most of the time. Few trips to Bombay

 

1931

April

14

Nasik to Bombay

 

1931

April

18

Bombay to Nasik

Persia Trip

1931

April

22

Nasik to Kalyan 3 a.m., then to Poona, arv. 11.30 a.m.

 

1931

April

24

Poona to Talegaon by car

““

1931

April

25

Talegaon to Bombay via Poona Mail train

““

1931

April

26

Leave Bombay by train

““

1931

April

27

En route Mathura, Delhi, Ambala, Jullunder. Arrive Lahore 10 p.m.

““

1931

April

28

Leave Lahore morning Karachi Mail

““

1931

April

29

Arrive Karachi

““

1931

April

30

Visit Manora

““

1931

May

1

Leave Karachi

““

1931

May

2

Arrive Lahore

““

1931

May

11

Lahore to Quetta

 

1931

May

23

Visit Urak

““

1931

June

1

Leave Quetta

““

1931

June

2

Arrive Mirjawa on to Duzdab, arv. at 3 p.m.

““

1931

June

4

Leave Duzdab by car

““

1931

June

5

Arrive Birjand 10 a.m., start again at 4 p.m.

““

1931

June

6

Arrive Meshed noon

““

1931

June

18

Leave Meshed

““

1931

June

19

En route Kayan, Gurabad, Birjand

““

1931

June

20

Arrive Duzdab

““

1931

June

25

Leave Duzdab 11:45 a.m. to Mirjawa & on

““

1931

July

5

Quetta to Karachi

““

1931

July

23

Leave Karachi

““

1931

July

24

Arrive Rohri, Lahore & on

““

1931

July

25

Enroute Delhi, Itarsi

““

1931

July

26

Arrive Chalisgaon 7 a.m. to Chander, Pimpalgaon Baswant

“

1931

July

30

Chandor to Manmad, arv. 10 a.m.

 

1931

Aug

1

Manmad to Secunderabad

 

1931

Aug

3

Secunderabad to Kurnool

 

1931

Aug

8

Leave Kurnool by Punjab Mail 8:30 p.m.

 

1931

Aug

9

Enroute Manmad to Delhi & on

 

1931

Aug

10

Arrive Lahore & on to Karachi

 

1931

Aug

26

Leave Karachi by Quetta Mail train

 

1931

Aug

28

Arrive Bombay

First Trip to the West

1931

Aug

29

Left Bombay on S.S. Rajputana

 

1931

Sept

3

Arv. Aden 4 a.m. & sail onwards at 9 a.m.

““

1931

Sept

6

Suez Canal

““

1931

Sept

7

Port Said

““

1931

Sept

8

Baba and Gandhi meet on ship

““

1931

Sept

9

Pass Messina

““

1931

Sept

10

Cross Strait of Bonifacio 2:15 p.m.

““

1931

Sept

11

Arrive Marseilles. By train to Lyons & on.

““

1931

Sept

12

Arrive Paris to Boulogne to Folkestone to London

““

1931

Sept

13

London to Devonshire Retreat via Slough, Reading, Newbury, Marlborough, Chippenham, Bath, Wells, Glastonbury, Bridgewater, Taunton, South Molton, East Challacombe

““

1931

Sept

21

Babajan drops her body in Poona

““

1931

Sept

24

Combe Martin to London

““

1931

Oct

3

London to Dover to Calais to Paris.   Onward by train.

““

1931

Oct

4

Milan to Venice to Trieste & on

““

1931

Oct

5

Belgrade to Sofia & on

““

1931

Oct

6

Arrive Istanbul

““

1931

Oct

14

Leave Istanbul by train

““

1931

Oct

15

To Sofia, Belgrade & on

““

1931

Oct

16

Arrive Milan

 

1931

Oct

18

Trip to Varese in the Alps

 

1931

Oct

20

Trip to Lake Como

““

1931

Oct

25

Milan to Genoa

““

1931

Oct

27

Sail on Roma. Touch Nice in the afternoon

““

1931

Oct

28

To Naples & on.

““

1931

Oct

30

Touch Gibraltar & continue

 

1931

Nov

1

Pass Cape St. Vincent, Azores Islands

““

1931

Nov

6

Arrive New York City to Harmon

 

1931

Nov

15

Driven to New York City

 

1931

Nov

17

Return to Harmon

““

1931

Nov

21

Harmon to Boston

““

1931

Nov

23

Boston to Hancock to Boston. By ship SS George Washington to New York City.

““

1931

Nov

28

New York to Harmon

““

1931

Dec

4

Harmon to New York City

““

1931

Dec

5/6

Sail on Bremen

““

1931

Dec

11

Arrive Havre to Paris

““

1931

Dec

16 night

Paris to Marseilles

““

1931

Dec

18

Sail on Narkunda

““

1931

Dec

23

Port Said & on

“

1932

Jan

1

Arrive Bombay

 

1932

Jan

18

Bombay to Nasik

 

1932

Feb

3

Nasik to Bombay

 

1932

Feb

4

Bombay to Nasik

 

1932

Feb

14

Nasik to Bombay

 

1932

Feb

15

Bombay to Nasik

 

1932

Feb

17

Birthday celebrations in Nasik

 

1932

Feb

21

Nasik to Bombay

 

1932

Feb

29

Bombay to Baroda [According to Beheram’s diary, Baba left Bombay on 26 February and stayed in Baroda for three days.]

 

1932

March

1

Baroda to Navsari

 

1932

March

2

Arrive Bombay

 

1932

March

6

Bombay to Nasik [According to Beheram’s diary, Baba went to Kandivli on the 7th of March]

 

1932

March

9

Nasik to Bombay

 

1932

March

22

Visit Kandivli

England & America: Second Trip

1932

March

24

Sail on Conte Rosso from Bombay

“

1932

March

28

Pass Aden, 8 a.m.

““

1932

March

30

Suez Canal, 8 a.m.

““

1932

March

31

Port Said

““

1932

April

1

Leave Port Said

““

1932

April

2

Enter Adriatic Sea

““

1932

April

4

Arrive Venice

““

1932

April

6

Venice to Milan & on

““

1932

April

7

Paris to Calais, Dover, Maidstone, London

““

1932

April

17

London to East Challacombe

““

1932

April

24

East Challacombe to London

 

1932

April

27

London to Dover, Calais, Paris & on

““

1932

April

28

In train arrive Lugano via Lucerne

““

1932

April

29

Lugano to Locarno to Lugano

““

1932

April

30

Sheriar dies

 

1932

April

30

Trip to Mt. Bre

““

1932

May

3

Trip to Mt. Generoso, and to Locarno

““

1932

May

5

Trip to Mt. Cademario

““

1932

May

7

Lugano to Paris

““

1932

May

8

Arrive Paris

““

1932

May

9

Paris to Boulogne, to Folkestone, Dover, London

““

1932

May

14

London to Southampton. Sail on Bremen Cherbourg & on

““

1932

May

19

Arrive New York City

““

1932

May

23

New York to Harmon

““

1932

May

25

Leave Harmon by train

““

1932

May

26

Arrive Cleveland (1:15 p.m.) to Chicago & on

““

1932

May

27

Arrive Kansas City & on

““

1932

May

28

Arrive El Paso (8:45 a.m.), Tucson (5:20 p.m.) & on

““

1932

May

29

Arrive Alhambra to Hollywood

““

1932

June

4

Sail on Monterey from Los Angeles

““

1932

June

9

Arrive Honolulu

““

1932

June

11

Sail on Empress of Japan from Honolulu

““

1932

June

19

Arrive Yokohama & on

““

1932

June

20

Arrive Kobe

““

1932

June

22

Arrive Shanghai

““

1932

June

23

Leave Shanghai for Nanking

““

1932

June

24

Arrive Nanking

““

1932

June

26

Nanking to Shanghai

““

1932

June

27

Arrive Shanghai

““

1932

June

28

Sail on Kaiser-I-Hind from Shanghai

““

1932

July

1

Arrive Hong Kong 7 a.m.

““

1932

July

2

Visit Kowloon & on by ship at noon

““

1932

July

6

Arrive Singapore

““

1932

July

8

Sail from Singapore

““

1932

July

9

Arrive Penang & on

““

1932

July

13

Arrive Colombo & on to Bombay

““

1932

July

15

Arrive Bombay

Italian Holiday“

1932

July

18

Sail from Bombay

 

1932

July

21

At Aden

““

1932

July

29

Arrive Marseilles to Ventimiglia, Genoa & on

““

1932

July

30

Arrive Santa Margherita

““

1932

Aug

6

Santa Margherita to Assisi (2:30 a.m.) via Rapallo, Sestri Levante, La Spezia, Vaireggio, Pisa, Florence, Perugia

““

1932

Aug

 

Baba sits in seclusion in cave of St. Francis

““

1932

Aug

7

Baba comes out of the cave, leaves Assisi

““

1932

Aug

 

Perugia to Fiesole, Borganto, Florence, Empoli, Pisa, Viareggio, La Spezia, Santa Margherita

““

1932

Aug

 

Day excursions to San Fruttuoso, Portofino, Porto Vella

““

1932

Aug

11

To Portofino Vetta

““

1932

Aug

17

Santa Margherita to Genoa, Milan & on

““

1932

Aug

18

Arrive Venice

““

1932

Aug

20

Sail on Ausonia from Venice

““

1932

Aug

22

At sea (Piroseafo)

““

1932

Aug

23

Arrive Alexandria

““

1932

Aug

24

Alexandria to Cairo

““

1932

Aug

27

Cairo to Port Said

““

1932

Aug

29

Sail on Victoria from Port Said

“

1932

Sept

5

Arrive Bombay

 

1932

Sept

7

Arrive Nasik

 

1932

Sept

12

Nasik to Meherabad, Poona, Bombay

 

1932

Sept

 

Bombay to Nasik

 

1932

Sept

26

In Bombay for a day return to Nasik

 

1932

Oct

6

Arrive Poona

 

1932

Oct

8

Poona to Panchgani

 

1932

Oct

9

Panchgani to Poona

 

1932

Oct

10

Poona to Nasik

 

1932

Oct

12

Nasik to Bombay

 

1932

Oct

14

Bombay to Nasik

 

1932

Oct

18

Nasik to Indore by Punjab Mail train

 

1932

Oct

25

Arrive Nasik by Punjab Mail

Fourth Trip to West

1932

Nov

21

Sail on Conte Verde from Bombay

 

1932

Dec

2

Arrive Venice

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1932

Dec

4

Arrive Milan

““

1932

Dec

5

To Paris & on

““

1932

Dec

6

Arrive Paris to London

““

1932

Dec

14

Leave London

““

1932

Dec

15

Arrive Zurich

““

1932

Dec

16

Zurich to Lugano, Milan (over St. Gothard via Chiaria) Genoa

““

1932

Dec

17

Sail on Esperia from Genoa

““

1932

Dec

18

Stop at Naples

““

1932

Dec

19

Arrive Alexandria continue on Maldera

““

1932

Dec

20

Arrive Cairo

““

1932

Dec

23

Cairo to Helwan

““

1932

Dec

25

Visit Sakkara Pyramids

““

1932

Dec

26

To Cairo

““

1932

Dec

29

Cairo to Alexandria

““

1932

Dec

30

Alexandria to Cairo

““

1933

Jan

1

Visit Pyramids & Sphinx

““

1933

Jan

2

Cairo to Port Said

““

1933

Jan

3

Sail of Baloeran from Port Said

““

1933

Jan

12

Arrive Colombo

““

1933

Jan

15

Leave Colombo

““

1933

Jan

16

Arrive Bandarawela

““

1933

Jan

27 approx

Return to Colombo

““

1933

Jan

30

Leave Colombo

““

1933

Feb