The first two German missionaries, Fr. Werner Hunold and Fr. Lorenz Scheu, arrived in Bombay on 31 May, reached Nagpur on 1 June, and proceeded to Raipur on 6 June.

The foundation of the Christsevikas of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate.

The first novitiate house for Indian Pallottines was established in Raipur.

The first school of the Pallottines in India, Holy Cross School, Byron Bazar, Raipur, was started.

The first Indian priest, Fr. Francis Paul, was ordained, and the first Indian Pallottine brother made his profession.

The Pallottine Delegature was officially established in India.

Msgr. Hans Weidner was appointed as the first Prefect Apostolic of Raipur.

Pallottigiri, the minor seminary in Trivandrum, Kerala, was established.

The Pallottines established the Novitiate in Bangalore.

Pallotti Bhavan, Nagpur, a major seminary formation house, was started for the formation of students in philosophy and theology.

Msgr. Werner Hunold became the Apostolic Administrator of Raipur.

The Silver Jubilee of the Indian Delegation was celebrated. The mission had 97 professed members.

The first Regional Assembly of the newly erected Prabhu Prakash Region was held.

The first group of lay collaborators known as the Sahayatri Movement began.

The Pallottines were entrusted with the administration of the Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Regional Theologate, Khrist Premalaya.

The Pallottine Animation Centre was established at Pallotti Nagar in Nagpur as a national centre for the promotion of lay apostolate and the Pallottine charism.

Satya Prakash Patshala was initiated to provide informal schooling and holistic development for children living in the slum areas of Pallotti Nagar, Nagpur.

The Golden Jubilee of the arrival of the Pallottines in India was celebrated.

The Pious Association of the Cenacle Sisters of the Sacred Heart was founded.

Prabhu Prakash Province was transformed into three new entities: Prabhu Prakash Province, ABVM Province and the Khrist Jyoti Region, effective 6 January 2002.

St. Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering and Technology was established in Nagpur.

The African mission began in Mandevu in the Archdiocese of Lusaka, Zambia.

The mission ventured into North East India by starting its first mission near the borders of China in the Diocese of Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.

Fr. Jacob Nampudakam became the first Asian and Indian to be elected Rector General of the Pallottines worldwide.

Pallotti Palliative Paripalan, a comprehensive professional home-based care initiative for the elderly, homebound and terminally ill, was started in Nagpur.

Bishop Thomas Thenat became the first Indian Pallottine Bishop for the Diocese of Gwalior in North India.

Pallotti Kalagram, an art and culture centre, was started in Nagpur to promote Christian art through education, museum design and art products.

The Nagaland Mission was initiated.

St. Vincent Pallotti School, Besa, Nagpur, was established.

Pallotti Bread, a feeding programme for the homeless on the streets of Nagpur, was started.

The mission was extended to the Diocese of Newcastle in the United Kingdom.

Casa Pallotti, a minor seminary at Umran, Shillong, was established.

The Pallottines marked 75 years of presence in India.