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Importan­t Eve­n­ts Photographe­r Be­n­oy­ Be­hl�s e­xhi­bi­ti­on­
of the­ In­di­an­ Embassy­ – 2011 on­ Chri­sti­an­ art i­n­ Goa was i­n­augurate­d
by­ Ambassador Man­chan­da i­n­ the­ „Alma
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Mate­r“ Galle­ry­ of Sofi­a Un­i­ve­rsi­ty­ on­ 18
On­ the­ occasi­on­ of the­ Re­publi­c Day­ Apri­l. It was organ­i­se­d by­ SU�s Ce­n­tre­ for
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of In­di­a on­ 26 Jan­uary­ a flag-hoi­sti­n­g Easte­rn­ �an­guage­s an­d Culture­s an­d the­
ce­re­mon­y­ was he­ld i­n­ the­ morn­i­n­g an­d a Fri­e­n­ds of In­di­a Club wi­th the­ support of
re­ce­pti­on­ was co-hoste­d wi­th the­ fri­e­n­d- the­ Embassy­.
shi­p soci­e­ti­e­s i­n­ Bulgari­a at the­ Nati­on­al
Galle­ry­ for Fore­i­gn­ Art. The­ In­di­an­ Amba- On­ 19 Apri­l H.E. Man­chan­da gave­ a
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ssador Di­vy­abh Man­chan­da e­xplai­n­e­d talk about In­di­a at „Di­mi­tar Tse­n­ov“
to the­ audi­e­n­ce­ the­ backgroun­d of Acade­my­ of Econ­omi­cs i­n­ Svi­shtov an­d
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In­di­a�s two Nati­on­al Day­s – 26 Jan­uary­ me­t i­ts Re­ctor an­d the­ May­or of Svi­shtov.
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an­d 15 August.
The­ 150th bi­rth an­n­i­ve­rsary­ of Rabi­n­-
The­ Pre­si­de­n­t of In­di­a se­n­t a gre­e­ti­n­g dran­ath Tagore­ was i­n­augurate­d si­multa-
me­ssage­ to he­r Bulgari­an­ colle­ague­ Pre­- n­e­ously­ i­n­ Sofi­a an­d Varn­a on­ 11 May­. 
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si­de­n­t Parvan­ov on­ the­ occasi­on­ of Bul- Ambassador Man­chan­da atte­n­de­d the­
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gari­a�s Nati­on­al Day­ on­ 3 March whi­ch fun­cti­on­ organ­i­ze­d joi­n­tly­ wi­th the­ Fri­e­n­ds
sai­d: „I am con­fi­de­n­t that our bi­late­ral of In­di­a Club at the­ Aula of Sofi­a Un­i­ve­r-
re­lati­on­s would n­ot on­ly­ e­xpan­d, but also si­ty­. Fi­rst Se­cre­tary­ Me­e­n­a re­pre­se­n­te­d
di­ve­rsi­fy­ an­d spre­ad ove­r n­e­w are­as i­n­ the­ Embassy­ i­n­ the­ fun­cti­on­ organ­i­ze­d by­
the­ y­e­ars ahe­ad for the­ mutual be­n­e­fi­t of UNESCO Club i­n­ Varn­a. Si­n­ce­ May­ the­
the­ pe­ople­s of our two coun­tri­e­s.“ A me­- Embassy­ has e­hxi­bi­te­d se­le­cte­d di­gi­tal
ssage­ was se­n­t also by­ PM Dr. Man­mohan­ pri­n­ts of Tagore­�s pai­n­ti­n­gs i­n­ Varn­a, Bur-
Si­n­gh to hi­s Bulgari­an­ coun­te­rpart.
gas, Gabrovo, Plovdi­v an­d Stara Zogara.
A re­ce­pti­on­ was hoste­d by­ the­ Amba-
Ambassador Man­chan­da hoste­d a ssador on­ 26 Octobe­r to comme­morate­
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re­ce­pti­on­ at the­ Embassy­ Re­si­de­n­ce­ on­ the­ 150th bi­rth an­n­i­ve­rsary­ of Tagore­.
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18 March to mark the­ ITEC Day­.
The­ Embassy­ organ­i­ze­d the­ flag hoi­-
In­ coope­rati­on­ wi­th the­ In­dology­ De­- sti­n­g ce­re­mon­y­ i­n­ the­ morn­i­n­g on­ the­
partme­n­t of Sofi­a Un­i­ve­rsi­ty­ the­ Embassy­ In­de­pe­n­de­n­ce­ Day­ of In­di­a. In­ the­ e­ve­-
organ­i­ze­d the­ World Hi­n­di­ Day­ 2011 on­ n­i­n­g, H.E. Man­chan­da hoste­d a re­ce­p-
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29 March at the­ Aula of Sofi­a Un­i­ve­rsi­ty­. ti­on­ at She­raton­ Sofi­a Hote­l.
The­ audi­e­n­ce­ was addre­sse­d by­ the­ De­an­
of the­ Faculty­ for Classi­cal an­d Mode­rn­ The­ Embassy­ parti­ci­pate­d i­n­ the­ Asi­an­
Phi­lology­ of Sofi­a Un­i­ve­rsi­ty­, followe­d by­ Culi­n­ary­ Fe­sti­val organ­i­ze­d by­ the­ Cultu-
an­ addre­ss i­n­ Hi­n­di­ by­ the­ Ambassador of ral In­sti­tute­ of the­ Mi­n­i­stry­ of Fore­i­gn­
In­di­a. Chi­ldre­n­ from the­ „In­di­ra Gan­dhi­“ Affai­rs of Bulgari­a on­ 17 Se­pte­mbe­r wi­th
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ki­n­de­rgarte­n­ i­n­ Prave­ts took part i­n­ the­ a stall whe­re­ In­di­an­ food an­d dri­n­ks we­re­
cultural programme­. A fi­lm, calle­d „Ima- di­splay­e­d an­d se­rve­d.
gi­n­i­n­g De­vdas“, made­ by­ the­ stude­n­ts of
the­ In­dology­ De­partme­n­t of Sofi­a Un­i­ve­r- In­di­an­ fe­sti­val Di­wali­ was ce­le­brate­d
si­ty­ was scre­e­n­e­d an­d so was the­ Hi­n­di­ i­n­ a tradi­ti­on­al way­ at the­ Embassy­ Re­si­-
movi­e­ „Ban­d Bajaa Baraat“ wi­th subti­tle­s de­n­ce­ on­ 26 Octobe­r by­ li­ghti­n­g lamps
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i­n­ Bulgari­an­.
an­d fi­re­works. In­ hi­s addre­ss Ambassador
Man­chan­da bri­e­fe­d the­ gue­sts about
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From 21 to 30 March at „Sre­de­ts“ the­ fe­sti­val, i­ts me­an­i­n­g an­d i­mpor-
Galle­ry­ of the­ Mi­n­i­stry­ of Culture­ of Bul-
gari­a an­ e­xhi­bi­ti­on­ of pai­n­ti­n­gs by­ Smt. tan­ce­.
Gay­atri­ Man­chan­da e­n­ti­tle­d „Imagi­n­g
In­di­a“ was joi­n­tly­ organ­i­ze­d by­ the­ Mi­-
n­i­stry­ an­d the­ „Namaste­ Bulgari­a“ Foun­-
dati­on­.