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On the 31st July 1954, at the Nineteen-Day feast of Perfection, the first Baha’I group was formed consisting of Mr. Marshall Delcy, Mr. Ma’ani Entessar and Mr. Abdul Rahman Zarqani. Group meetings were held every Sunday and study classes for beginners were also held. Their first goal was to raise the status of the group to Assembly by Ridvan the following year.
The group later expanded to four with the declaration of Mr. Joseph Samuel Rioux on the 8th August 1954. He was the second native believer. Mr. Rioux was the first baha’I to pioneer outside Sychelles to the Comoros Islands. He later moved to La Digue where he donated a property for a Baha’I centre.