PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS

PRAVASI BHRATIYA DIVAS

January 9 commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to India in 1915. To mark this day, the tradition of celebrating Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) started in 2003. First PBD Convention was organised on January 9, 2003, to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to the development of India. Since 2015, under a revised format, PBD Convention has been organised once every two years. The logo of PBD has an arc of tricolour above the Ashoka Chakra supported by three different coloured human icons.