Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1965




1965 - Docummented Library

1965 - Events


1965 - age 69 on August 21

January 1965

February 1965

  • February 20 - Appearance day of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura
  • February 20 - Finishes the third volume 1st canto Srimad Bhagwatam.

March 1965

  • March 17 - Appearance day of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

April 1965

April 1 to 30 - Bombay

May 1965

May 1 to 27 - Bombay

May 28 to 31 - Delhi...

June 1965

June 1 to 22 - Delhi

June 23 to 30 - Bombay...

July 1965

  • July 31 - Bombay

August 1965

Aug 1 to 2 - Bombay

Aug 3 to 13 - Calcutta

Aug 13 to 31 - Jaladuta...

Staying at: Onboard the Jaladuta
  • August 17 21:00 - Jaladuta docks at Columbo City, Ceylon
  • August 19 - Tours Columbo City, Ceylon
  • August 20 - Delivers an hour long lecture to the crew for Janmāṣṭamī, the appearance day of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
  • August 21 - Appearance day of Śrīla Prabhupāda
  • August 22 10:00 - Jaladuta docks at Cochin and at 16:00 loads five cases containing 200 sets of the 3-volume Srimad-Bhagwatams which arrived from Bombay
  • August 23 12:30 - Departs India towards the Red Sea with approximately 55 people on board
  • August 25 to 30 - On route to the USA, suffers two heart attacks during the journey west

September 1965

Sep 1 to 16 - Jaladuta...

  • September 01 - Jaladuta enters the Suez Canal
  • September 03 - Rādhāṣṭamī, appearance day of Srimati Radharani, Jaladuta leaves Suez Canal about 13:00
  • September 05 24:00 - Jaladuta passes Malta
  • September 08 14:30 - Jaladuta passes Gibralta
  • September 11 07:30 - Jaladuta passes the Portuguese Azore group of islands 850 miles into the North Atlantic Ocean

Sep 17 - Boston

Historic arrival in America. On the 36th day after leaving Calcutta at 05:30 the ship Jaladuta docks at Commonwealth Pier, Boston

Sep 18 - Jaladuta

  • September 18 16:00 - Jaladuta departs Boston for New York

Sep 19 - New York

  • September 19 12:30 - On the 38th day since leaving Calcutta the Jaladuta docks at New York

Sep 19 to Sep 30 - Pennsylvania...

Staying at: Butler, Pennsylvania - with Gopala and Sally Aggarwal for three weeks


October 1965

Oct 1 to 7? - Pennsylvania

Oct 8? to 31 - New York...

Staying at: Dr. Misra

November 1965

Nov 1 to 30 - New York...


December 1965

Dec 1 to 31 - New York...

Staying at: 72nd Street
  • December 12 - Disappearance day of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura