Historical Timeline

1896: (September 01) Srila Prabhupada was born in Calcutta.
1901: Srila Prabhupada conducted a Ratha Yatra festival in a suburb of Calcutta.
1902: Srila Prabhupada began worshiping Radha-Krishna.
1916: Srila Prabhupada joined as Student of Philosophy at Scottish Churches’ College.
1918: Entered married life (grihastha ashrama)
1921: Appointed as assistant manager of Bose Laboratory. Joined Mahatma Gandhi’s movement.
1922: Met his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.
1925: Visited Vrindavana for the first time.
1928: Assisted in establishing Allahabad center of Gaudiya Matha.
1932: Initiated by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.
1934: Helped establish Gowalia Tank center of Gaudiya Matha.
1935: Instructed by his spiritual master on publishing books and constructing temples.
1936: Final order from his spiritual master to preach in the West.
1939: Honored with the title “Bhaktivedanta” by society of Gaudiya Vaishnavas.
1944: Started the Back to Godhead Magazine.
1953: Started League of Devotees in Jhansi. Initiated his first disciple, Acharya Prabhakar.
1954: Retired from family life, adopting vanaprastha (retired) order of life.
1959: Accepted renounced order of life (sannyasa).
1960: Published first book, Easy Journey to Other Planets.
1962: Published Volume 1 of First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam.
1965: Journeyed to USA in order to fulfill the order of his spiritual master.
1966: Established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
1967: Completed translation and commentary of Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
1968: Bhagavad-gita As It Is published by Macmillan Company.
1972: Established the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) for publishing his books.
1975: Completed translation of and published Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita in 17 volumes.
1976: Established the Bhaktivedanta Institute for Scientific Preaching.
1977: Disappearance from this mortal world.