On the morning of Saturday, 15 October 1949, Baba paid a final visit to Meherabad to inspect the traveling kits containing the necessary items to be taken by each of those accompanying him.
It was now decided that the following four women and sixteen men of various ages would be going with Baba in the New Life. Baba was then 55 1/2 years old.
Women Companions:
Mehera, 42
Mani, 31
Meheru, 22
Goher, 33
Men Companions:
Adi Sr., 45
Ali Akbar (Aloba), 33
Anna 104, 60
Babadas, mid 40s
Baidul, 59
Daulat Singh, 59
Donkin, 37
Eruch, 33
Ghani, 56
Gustadji, 59
Kaka Baria, 58
Murli Kale, 30
Nilu, 45
Pendu, 45
Sadashiv Patil, 60
Vishnu, 45
Two of the men, Aloba and Murli, were former Meher Ashram students. After the ashram had closed, Murli had become a member of the mandali. Aloba would occasionally visit from Bombay, but he had only recently come to stay permanently.
Another Meher Ashram boy, Dattu Mehendarge, was working in Adi Sr.'s office in Khushru Quarters, Ahmednagar. In Adi's absence during the New Life, Dattu was put in charge of the office. There was another young man working in Adi's office named Waman Yeshwant Padale.