Souvenir on 50th Jalsa Salana USA — Page 62
1978 The first visit of Hadhrat Salzib-;,ada Mirza Tahir Ahmad (later Khalifatul Masih IV) to USA. 1979 Hadhrat Maul vi Ata Muhammad (RA), a companion of the Promised Messiah (AS) visits USA. 1980 Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih III, Mirza Nasir Ahmad (RT), revisits USA. 1982 •A delegation of USA Ahmadi Muslims, led by Maulana Ataullah Kaleem, partici- pates in the inauguration of the Basharat Mosque in Spain. • Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV (ABA) launches a program for accelerated construc- tion of mosques/mission houses in USA. 1984 Regular distribution of the audio cassettes of the Friday Sermons of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV (ABA) starts. 1987 The first visit of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV, Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ABA), including exten- sive tour of local chapters. He also presides over the Majlis-e-Shura in New York. 1988 •A team of Lajna Imaillah prepares the index for the Five Volume Commentary of the Holy Qur'an. • Under the chairmanship of Vakil-ul- Ala, Choudhery Hameedullah, five members of the USA Jama'at comprise the Ahmadiyya Muslim Centennary Thanksgiving International Committee, Sahih z ada Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad being it's Chairman II. •A delegation of Ahmadi doctors visits Africa. 1989 •Th e Ahmadiyya Centennial Jubilee is celebrated with great fervor on March 23. • Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV (ABA) visits and presides over the Annual Convention. • Ahmadiyya Exhibition of the US Jama ' at is established. 1992 • The US Jama' at supports the International Exhibition in Spain. • Langar Khana is introduced at the Annual Convention held in New York. 1993 • Three hundred Ahmadi Muslims represent USA at the worldwide celebration of the 1 OOth Jalsa Salana at Qadian, India, under the leadership of Dr. Colonel Fazal Ahmad of Philadelphia.