Portuguese Prime Minister to be the Chief Guest of 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. Prime Minister of Portuguese, Antonio Costa will be the Chief Guest at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention which will be held in Bengaluru from January 7 to 9, 2017. The Prime Minister will attend the inaugural function of the convention on January 8, 2017 and address the delegates.Portuguese
Prime Minister to be the Chief Guest of 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas . The vice president of the Republic of Suriname, Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin, will be the Special Guest at the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) which will be held on January 7, 2017 in Bengaluru.
iv. The Vice-President will address the young overseas Indian delegates at the inaugural session of the Youth PBD, along with Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas PBD
i. Every year on January 9 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas PBD is celebrated to mark the contribution of overseas Indian community in the development of India.
ii. January 9 was chosen as the day to celebrate this occasion because in the year 1915, Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest Pravasi, returned to India from South Africa on January 9 and led India’s freedom struggle and finally changed the lives of the Indians.
iii. The conventions, celebrated every year since 2003, provide a platform to the overseas Indian community to engage with the government and people of India for mutually beneficial activities.
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