Sri Chinmoy is presented with the Sports Day decathlon award by the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.
Sri Chinmoy completes his 31,000th Jharna-Kala painting, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy hosts a function in honour of the Governor of Puerto Rico Rafael Hernández Colón at the Jharna-Kala Gallery in Grand Central Station, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 330 lb. with one arm; and during a standing calf-raise workout, lifts a total of 106 ton, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy meets Mani Shankar Mukherji, Bengali author and journalist, at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (236) at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (373), the 35th in a series of 39 concerts dedicated to Swami Vivekananda – at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
As Sri Chinmoy is preparing to meet with 1,700 of his students from Russia, Eastern Europe and Germany, he receives the news of Mother Teresa's passing. After a long period of silent meditation at the Mera Hall in Warsaw, Poland, Sri Chinmoy offers an extemporaneous eulogy. He also sends a telegram of sympathy to Sister Nirmala and the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India.
Palau, Haiti and Vanuatu are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.
Sri Chinmoy is named the recipient of the prestigious Mother Teresa Award in Skopje, Macedonia. The annual Award, presented by the Humanitarian Organization Mother Teresa, is regarded as the country's highest national honour.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the ASV Mehrzweckhalle in Munich, Germany.
Sri Chinmoy, aged 72, participates in the shot put, discus, javelin, softball throw and the 100-track race at the annual Centre Sports Day event, held this year at Astoria Park in Queens, New York, USA.