The
12th edition of
Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in New Delhi from 7th to 9th of January
2014. This was announced by Vayalar Ravi, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs
on 5 Novemeber 2013 in New Delhi.
The
theme of the convention is -Engaging
Diaspora - Connecting across Generations- with a special focus
on the younger generation.
Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the convention and President Pranab
Mukherjee will give his valedictory address. Pravasi Bharatiya Samman will also
be bestowed on 15 persons during the convention.
11th
edition at Kochi, Kerala
1Oth
edition at Jaipur,
Rajasthan
Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated on 9th
January every year to mark the contribution of Overseas Indian
community in the development of India. January 9 was chosen as the day to
celebrate this occasion since it was on this day
in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi the greatest Pravasi, returned to
India from South Africa, led India’s freedom struggle and changed the lives of
Indians forever.
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