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Date   Major Events Happened In Lumbini 
623 BC › Birth of Lord Buddha 
249 BC › Maurya Emperor Asoka visited to Lumbini and erected famous Asoka Pillar 
350-375 AD › Chinese Travelers Seng Tsai visit to Lumbini 
409 › Chinese Travelers Fa-hsien visit to Lumbini 
636 › Famous Chinese Travelers Hiuen Tsang visit to Lumbini 
1312 › Ripu Malla's visit to Lumbini 
1896 › Asokan Pillar discovered by Gen.Khadga Shumsher & Dr. A.A. Fuhrer 
1899 › P.C.Mukherji identified Nativity Sculpture and carried out an excavation of Mayadevi Temple 
1930 › Petition of Mahadan Upasak to Prime Minister for restoration work 
1932-39 › Extensive digging work by Kaisher Shumsher at Sacred Garden 
1956 › King Mahendra's proposal for development at the Fourth Assembly of World Federation of Buddhists 
1962 › Excavation work by Devela Mitra at the base of Asoka Pillar 
1967 › Secretary General of United Nations U.Thant's visit to Lumbini 
1970 › Formation of U.N.International Committee For Development Of Lumbini in U.N.Headquarters and establishment of Lumbini Development Committee (LDC) 
1972 › Responsibility awarded to Prof.Kenzo Tange for preparations of Master Plan 
1978 › Approval of Master Plan by HMG/Nepal and United Nations 
1979 › Secretary General of United Nations Kurt Waldeim visit to Lumbini 
1972-85 › Excavation by Department of Archeology Government of Nepal 
1985 › Lumbini Development Committee formed as Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) 
1989 › Secretary General of United Nations Javier Prezde Cuellar visit to Lumbini 
1993-96 › Excavation by LDT/DoA/Nepal and JBF (Japan Buddhist Federation) at Mayadevi Temple 
1996 › Marker Stone Found by LDT/DoA/Nepal & JBF (Pinpoints the exact birth spot of Lord Buddha) 
1997 › Lumbini enrolled in World Heritage Site by UNESCO 
1998 › The World Buddhist Summit held in Lumbini. 
2001 › The International Buddhist Conference held in Lumbini 
2003 › Restoration of Mayadevi Temple by Government of Nepal & LDT 
2003 › Reopened the restored Maya Devi Temple for the public for the first time on May 16, 2003 – 2547 birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. 
2004 › Second World Summit 
2005 › U.N.International Committee For Development Of Lumbini meeting in New
York USA.
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