Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on 9 January. The day was first observed in which year?

  1. 2001
  2. 2002
  3. 2003
  4. 2004

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Option 3 : 2003
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The correct answer is 2003.

Key Points

  • Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on 9 January.
  • It is observed to strengthen the engagement of the overseas Indian community with the Government of India and reconnect them with their roots.
  • The day was first observed in 2003.
  • On this day in 1915, Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa.
  • He got the title of the greatest ‘Pravasi’.

Additional Information

Dates Important Days
1 January Global Family Day
4 January World Braille Day
6 January World Day of War Orphans
8 January African National Congress Foundation Day
10 January World Hindi Day
11 January Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12 January National Youth Day
15 January Indian Army Day
23 January Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
24 January National Girl Child Day
25 January National Voters Day, National Tourism Day
26 January Republic Day, International Customs Day
28 January Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
30 January Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas, World Leprosy Eradication Day (Last Sunday of January)
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