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15th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas to be held at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: Theme, Details
15th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas to be held at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: Theme, Details, Aim, Highlights
The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh from 21st January to 23rd January 2019.
The theme of 15th Prawasi Bhartiya Divas-2019 will be “Role of Indian Diaspora in Building a New India”.
The 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas-2019 event will be organised by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in association with Uttar Pradesh government.
The 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas-2019 will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth.
The 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held in Bengaluru (Karnataka) with the theme “Redefining Engagement with the Indian Diaspora”.
About Pravasi Bhartiya Divas
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated every year in India on 9 January. The day commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in Mumbai (then Bombay) on 9th January 1915.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to the development of India.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was formally established in 2003. Celebrations of the day are sponsored by Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
