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http://forum.spiritualindia.org/life-events-of-baba-by-year-t19759.0.html[Thanks hemalisoni] 1838Hemadripant has appoximately determined the date of Sai Baba's birth as A.D 1838.,
Ch. X., L. S., Ch. 1.
1842-54" Sai Baba spent 12 years with his Guru. The name of his Guru is not exactly known but could be 'Venuksa' alias Gopalarao Deshmukh of Selu or even a 'Sufi' fakir. Some. say " Baba practised penance at the tomb of His (Guru in the cellar under the Neem Tree at Shirdi".
Ch. IV. DasGanu'sBhakti-Sardmdt,
1846 Arrival of Devidas at Shirdi. (Aged 10-11 years)
Ch. V.
1854 Sai Baba first appeared at Shirdi under the Neem Tree (aged about 19 Years) and after sometime disappeared to an unknow place.
Ch.IV.
1857 Sepoys Revolt and India's First War of Independence against the British Raj.
1858 Sai Baba returned to Shirdi along with the marriage-party of Chand Patil of village called Dhoop in Aurangabad Disttict and remained for ever.
Ch. V.
1865 Saint Manik Prabhu of Homanabad in Bidar District of Kamataka passed away.
'Bhalchandm' of Nasik, Sept. 90.
1878,
Chaitra Vadya 14.
H. H. Akkalkot Swami left His mortal coil at Akkalkot in Solapur District of Maharashtra. (First appeared in 1835.)
Shii Guru-Leelamrit, Ch. 55/167.
1885 Saint Anandnath (aged 95 years) of Yewala Math and a disciple of Akkalkot Swarni visited Shirdi and seeing Sai Baba exclaimed, "This is a precious real diamond."
CH. V, .D.E., P. 180
1886, April 16 Mahasamadhi of Shri Rainakrishna Parahamsa of Bengal
Life of Shri Rainakrishna Paramahamsa
1886,
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Sai Baba, to get rid of an attack of asthma, went into samadi for 72Hrs.
Ch. XLIV.
1889 Abdullah arrived at Shirdi from Nanded (in WestKhandesh NEAR Jalgaon and Amalner)
D.E., P. 143.
1892(approx) Nanasaheb, Chandorkar arrived at Shirdi for the first time
Abridged Biography (M) by B.V. Deo.
1894(approx) Das Ganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahasrabuddhe) accompanied Nanasaheb Chandorkar to Shirdi for the first time
'Santakavi DasGanu'(M)by A. D. Athavale.
1896 Celebration of 'Urus' ( fair) started at Shirdi due to the efforts of Gopalrao Gund, a Circle Inspector of Kopargaon
Ch. VI.
1897 A son (Nanasaheb Rasane) was born to Damu Anna Kasar of Ahmednagar by Sai Baba's Grace.
Ch. XXV. D.E., P. 136.
1898 Sai Baba seen sleeping on a narrow plank suspended with old rags about 7 or 8 feet above ground with lighted lamps placed on the plank.
Ch. X. D.E., P. 134.
Ch. VIII.
1899-1900 Nanasaheb Chandorkar visited Shirdi with his sister-in-law's husband, Shri Biniwale. Baba scolded Nanasaheb for dissuading Biniwale, a devotee of Shri Dattatmya from visiting Dattatreya Temple on the bank of Godavari River to avoid delay in reaching Shirdi.
Ch. XXXVIII. D.E., P. 199
1900-1902 Sai Baba like a learned Pandit explained Geeta to Nanasaheb Chandorkar.
Chs. XXXIX and L. D.E., P. 228.
1903 Das Ganu left Govt. service and as per Baba's instructions settled at Nanded and started performing keertans and writing life histories of recent saints
D.E., P. 125.
1903 Das Ganu's book 'Sant Kathamrit' was published. (Ch. 57 about Sai Baba's advice to Nanasaheb Chandorkar)
D.E., P. 130.
1904, April Rao Bahadur H. V. Sathe first arrived at Shirdi. (Aged 49 years)
D.E., P. 105.
1904-1905 Nanasaheb Chandorkar's pregnant daughter Mainatai at Jamner in Jalgaon District had severe pains of delivery. Sai baba sent Udi and Arati with Ramgir Gasavi from Shirdi and she had a safe delivery. Sai Baba even took the from of tange and its driver to reach Ramgir in time to Jamner.
Ch. XXXIII,. D.E.P 198
1906 Das Ganu's book 'Bhakti Leelamrit' was published. (Chs.. 31, 32 and 33 about Sai Baba)
D.E., P. 130
1906 Nanasaheb Chandorkar transferred as Mamlatdar from Nandurbar to Pandharpur. On the way, he stopped at Shirdi with his family and started requesting Baba to accompany them to Pandharpur and stay there premanently with them. The devotees then told Nanasaheb about the singing of bhajan just finished in which Baba's mood of going to Pandharpur and staying there for ever was expressed.
Ch. VII.
1907 Radhakrishna Mai (Sunderabai Kshirsagar) arrived at Shirdi. (Young good-looking widow aged 25 years)
Bhagavan, P. 135. Sai Sarovar, P. 11, P. 17.
1908 Sathe Wada constructed
D.E., P. 1 13. Pradhan, P. 45.
1908 Ekadashi
Kashiram Shimpi died. (Chaitra Shuddha 11)
Upodghat, Shri Sai Satcharita (M), P. 6.
1908 Pundalikrao of Nanded met Shri Vasudevananda Saraswati. (Tembe Swami) at Rajahmundry on banks of Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh and Swami gave a coconut to be presented to Sai Baba.
Ch. L Life of Tembe Swami.
1908 Shri Tatyasaheb Noolkar, the Sub-judge of Pandharpur first, arrived at Shirdi. (Aged 45 years)
Shri Sai Leela, May-June 91
1908 Gurupournima
Prompted by Baba, Dada Kelkar, Tatyasaheb Noolkar,. Madhavrao Deshpande and others started Guru-worship on that day.
D.E., P. 106. Dr. Gavankar's 'Shiladhi' (M).