Question

The $2018$ Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) was celebrated on which date in India?

• A. January $8$
• B. January $10$
• C. January $9$
• D. January $11$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

January $9$

The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated every year on January 9 to mark the contribution of Overseas Indian community in the development of India. The day was chosen to commemorate the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to India in 1915, which led India's freedom struggle and changed the lives of Indians forever.