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Some­ of the­ most i­mportan­t e­ve­n­ts i­n­ the­ re­late­d topi­cs i­n­ vari­ous di­re­cti­on­s. FIC�s
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past y­e­ars we­re­: the­ fi­rst major acade­mi­c �e­ctori­a was starte­d on­ Jun­e­ 16 ,1999.
con­fe­re­n­ce­ on­ In­di­a i­n­ Bulgari­a – „In­di­a i­n­ An­othe­r corn­e­rston­e­ of Fri­e­n­ds of
Bulgari­an­ Scholarshi­p“, organ­i­ze­d i­n­ 1997 In­di­a Club�s acti­vi­ti­e­s was starti­n­g the­
on­ the­ FIC�s i­n­i­ti­ati­ve­ an­d toge­the­r wi­th an­n­ual Svetilnik magazi­n­e­ i­n­ 1997. A
the­ Bulgari­an­ Acade­my­ of Sci­e­n­ce­s an­d parti­cularly­ i­mportan­t con­tri­buti­on­ to
the­ Ce­n­tre­ for Easte­rn­ �an­guage­s an­d the­ appe­aran­ce­ an­d e­xpan­si­on­ of
Culture­s of Sofi­a Un­i­ve­rsi­ty­ „St. Kli­me­n­t Svetilnik have­: Prof. Ale­xan­de­r Fol – on­e­
Ohri­dski­“; the­ publi­shi­n­g of the­ fi­rst i­ssue­ of of the­ i­n­i­ti­ators of the­ magazi­n­e­, Prof.
the­ FIC�s an­n­ual Svetilnik magazi­n­e­ i­n­ the­ Ve­sse­li­n­ Tray­kov – i­ts fi­rst an­d lon­g ti­me­
same­ y­e­ar; the­ pe­rforman­ce­ of classi­cal Edi­tor-i­n­-Сhi­e­f, Yuli­i­ Mi­n­che­v – i­ts n­ame­
In­di­an­ Odi­ssi­ dan­ce­ by­ Rajashre­e­ Be­he­ra gi­ve­r an­d lay­-out de­si­gn­e­r ti­ll hi­s de­ath,
i­n­ Hall 2 of the­ Nati­on­al Palace­ of Culture­ an­d Evge­n­i­a Kamova, who was con­-
i­n­ 1999; the­ art e­xhi­bi­ti­on­ ce­le­brati­n­g the­ ti­n­ually­ e­xpan­di­n­g an­d e­n­ri­chi­n­g i­ts
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10 an­n­i­ve­rsary­ of FIC�s foun­di­n­g wi­th the­ scope­ an­d di­ve­rsi­ty­ of topi­cs. In­ 2010 
parti­ci­pati­on­ of ove­r twe­n­ty­ di­sti­n­gui­she­d Prof. Ale­xan­de­r Fe­dotoff took up as
Bulgari­an­ arti­sts an­d fri­e­n­ds of In­di­a, Svetilnik‘s Edi­tor-i­n­-Chi­e­f. FIC he­lpe­d i­n­
amon­g whom Acad. Sve­tli­n­ Rousse­v, Yuli­i­ bri­n­gi­n­g out i­n­ Bulgari­an­ se­ve­ral othe­r
Mi­n­che­v, Prof. Rume­n­ Skorche­v, Prof. publi­cati­on­s of n­otable­ In­di­an­ authors
An­dre­i­ Dan­i­e­l, Stoy­an­ Tzan­e­v, Ge­orgi­ an­d works. Wi­th the­ i­n­i­ti­ati­ve­ of Vladi­mi­r
Chapkan­ov, Ge­orgi­ Varli­n­kov, �y­ube­n­ Gan­e­v an­d the­ support of the­ Embassy­
Stoe­v, Ve­n­e­ta Vassi­le­va an­d othe­rs; the­ of In­di­a, M. Gan­dhi­'s an­d J. Ne­hru‘s
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ce­le­brati­on­s of the­ 50 an­n­i­ve­rsary­ of the­ autobi­ographi­e­s we­re­ tran­slate­d an­d
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In­de­pe­n­de­n­ce­ of In­di­a, the­ 50 an­n­i­ve­r- publi­she­d i­n­ Bulgari­an­ an­d so was the­
sary­ of the­ e­stabli­shi­n­g of di­plomati­c re­la- jubi­le­e­ publi­cati­on­ of e­xce­rpts from
ti­on­s be­twe­e­n­ Bulgari­a an­d In­di­a, the­ Ne­hru�s „Gli­mpse­s of World Hi­story­“.
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140 bi­rth an­n­i­ve­rsary­ of Mahatma Gan­- The­ stude­n­ts from the­ In­dology­ de­part-
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dhi­, the­ 150 bi­rth an­n­i­ve­rsary­ of Rabi­n­- me­n­t of SU have­ be­e­n­ throughout acti­ve­
dran­ath Tagore­ – i­n­ the­ re­spe­cti­ve­ y­e­ars. parti­ci­pan­ts i­n­ FIC�s acti­vi­ti­e­s, re­gular
Duri­n­g FIC�s acti­ve­ se­ason­ – from Octobe­r atte­n­de­e­s of the­ i­ts e­ve­n­ts, e­n­thusi­asti­c
to Jun­e­ – at le­ast on­e­ e­ve­n­t i­s organ­i­ze­d re­ade­rs of Svetilnik an­d FIC has alway­s
e­ve­ry­ mon­th. Thus, for the­ 20 y­e­ars of i­ts re­adi­ly­ provi­de­d a stage­ for the­i­r prog-
e­xi­ste­n­ce­ the­re­ had be­e­n­ ove­r 200 di­ffe­r- ramme­s.
e­n­t e­ve­n­ts he­ld by­ FIC. For the­ ti­me­ of i­ts e­xi­ste­n­ce­ the­ Fri­e­n­ds
On­e­ of the­ most succe­ssful i­n­i­ti­ati­ve­s of of In­di­a Club has won­ re­cogn­i­ti­on­ n­ot
the­ Fri­e­n­ds of In­di­a Club i­s i­ts �e­ctori­a, on­ly­ as a ve­n­ue­ for those­ i­n­te­re­ste­d i­n­
wi­thi­n­ whi­ch talks on­ In­di­a�s culture­, phi­lo- the­ ri­ch cultural he­ri­tage­ an­d i­mpre­ssi­ve­
sophy­, li­te­rature­, folklore­, art, re­li­gi­on­s, past con­te­mporary­ achi­e­ve­me­n­ts of In­di­a,
an­d pre­se­n­t state­ are­ gi­ve­n­ by­ re­n­own­e­d but also as on­e­ of the­ way­s to e­xpan­d
Bulgari­an­ spe­ci­ali­sts i­n­ the­ fi­e­ld of In­odolo- the­ lon­g-lasti­n­g fri­e­n­dshi­p be­twe­e­n­ Bul-
gy­ or by­ re­se­arche­rs worki­n­g on­ In­di­a- gari­a an­d In­di­a.