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9 January: Pravasi Bhartiya Divas

  • 10 Jan 2022

  • The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated to mark the contribution of the Indians residing abroad in the development of the land of their origin.
  • January 9 was chosen to celebrate PBD as Mahatma Gandhi had returned to India from South Africa, on this day in 1915.
  • Since 2015, PBD's format has been revised to celebrate the PBD once every two years and to hold theme-based PBD Conferences during the intervening period with participation from overseas diaspora experts, policymakers and stakeholders.