17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2023 to be held at Indore in January next year

The 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2023 will be held at Indore in January next year.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in a tweet said that Secretary, Consular, Passport and Visa Division, Ausaf Sayeed and Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Iqbal Singh Bains signed a Memorandum of Understanding for hosting the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated every year on 9th January to mark the contribution of overseas Indian community in the development of India.

It also commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to India on 9th January 1915.