Despite the cold weather, huge number of Indians gathered at the Indian Embassy premises in Kuwait to pay salute to the nation on its 69th Republic Day. Ambassador of India, HE Mr. K Jeeva Sagar unfurled the National Flag at 9:00 am. This was followed by singing of the National Anthem. Earlier Indian Ambassador started the function by garlanding the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the Embassy premise. Ambassador addressed the community and read the message from Hon’ble President of India.
Tens of thousands of Indians from all walks of life gathered at the Embassy premise early morning. The crowd was so huge that people were struggling to enter inside the embassy premises.
The band set performed by the members of Bohra Community gave a scintillating start to the event. Students from various Indian school including Carmel School, Indian Community School, etc performed various patriotic songs.
The Ambassador extended his warm greetings to all members of the Indian Community in Kuwait and also conveyed his best wishes to His Highness the Amir, His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness The Prime Minister as well as the people of the friendly state of Kuwait with which India enjoys a close multi-faceted relationship.
"I am glad to be here and it is my responsibility as an ambassador to look after our community and use our community to create a good relationship with this country. It is an endorsement of our wonderful culture that Kuwait accepted around a million of our people here," Ambassador Jeeva Sagar told reporters after the celebration. "We have a friendly government here and will work with them.. There are positive developments. The recent orders from the ministry of interior shows that we are in the right direction.." , he added.
Thousands of Indian citizens from all walks of life including Indian families, Representatives of Indian associations, businessmen, doctors, engineers, other professionals, domestic workers and Embassy staff with their families participated in the open-air function with joy and enthusiasm. An open house reception was held for all present at the conclusion of the celebration. Various Indian restaurants gave delicious breakfast to the public.
To commemorate India’s Republic Day, various newspapers in Kuwait released special supplement and distributed free copies at the embassy premise. IndiansinKuwait.com published special online supplement for the occasion. IIK Special supplement carries exclusive articles written by our readers for the Republic day and is available online at http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/RDay. IIK distributed wall planners during the occasion.