On Monday, over 300 members of the Bahá'i community of Mumbai came together at Patkar Hall in Marine Lines to celebrate the bicentennial birth anniversary of The Báb -Herald of Bahá'u'llah the Promised One and the Founder Prophet of the faith.

Bahai communities across the world have celebrated this day as one of the most important in the history of the faith. Speaking about the day, Nargis Gaur, secretary of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'i's of Mumbai, said, "He (The Báb) is called the Herald of the Bahá'i Faith or The Herald of Bahá'u'llah; his main mission, which lasted only for six years, was to announce the coming of the 'promised one' i.e. the Greater Prophet called Bahá'u'llah. He (The Báb) came to prepare the people and make them understand that the Greater Prophet was going to manifest himself."