The IT capital of the country, Bengaluru will host the 2017 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on 9 January every year to mark to contribution of Overseas Indian community in the development of India. January 9 was chosen as the day to celebrate this occasion since it was on this day in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest Pravasi, returned to Indian from South Africa led India’s freedom struggle and changed the lives of Indians forever.