Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2024- January 9!

Important Days

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), also known as Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Day, is celebrated on 9January to recognise the remarkable contributions and accomplishments of the OverseasIndian community (Indian diaspora) across the world to the development of India.PBD Convention is the flagship event of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government ofIndia (GoI).


      The 1st PBD Convention was organised on 9 January 2003 (Delhi).

      Since 2003, it has been celebrated as an annual event, but in 2015, the government revised its format to celebrate PBD once every 2 years (biennial).

      The 18th PBD will be organised on 9 January 2025.

 

     


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