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NON-RESIDENT
INDIAN DAY (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas) |
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Date-wise Events |
January 09 |
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Description |
- It is celebrated in India on January 09 each year
to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to
the development of India.
- The day commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from
South Africa in Bombay on 9 January 1915.
- Established in 2003, it is sponsored by the Ministry of
Overseas Indian Affairs of the government of India and the
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI) the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the
Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region of
India.
- A celebratory event is held on 7–9 January each year in
an Indian city: a forum for issues concerning the Indian
Diaspora is organised and the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
Awards are given.
- In 2014, Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was held in New Delhi
and was attended by 1,500 delegates from 51 countries.
President Pranab Mukherjee gave the Pravasi Bharatiya
Sammaan Awards.
- A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) is a citizen of India who
holds an Indian passport and has temporarily emigrated to
another country for six months or more for employment,
residence, education or any other purpose.
- A Person of Indian Origin (PIO) is a person of Indian
origin or ancestry but who is not a citizen of India and is
the citizen of another country. A PIO might have been a
citizen of India and subsequently taken the citizenship of
another country, or have ancestors born in India or other
states.
- According to the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs,
India has the second-largest diaspora in the world after
overseas Chinese. The overseas Indian community, estimated
to number over 25 million, is spread across every major
region in the world.
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