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Indian Diaspora Center Hosts 2025 Annual Diaspora

Lecture on Role of Diaspora in India’s Freedom Movement

Dr. Thomas Abraham and Dr. Buvan Lall in front of the Indian Diaspora Center housed at the Dr. Bhuvan Lall speaking at the Annual Lecture of
Indian American Kerala Center the Indian Diaspora Center

OUR BUREAU

Elmont, NY
n June 28, 2025, the Indian
Diaspora Center at the Dr.
OThomas Abraham Library, in
collaboration with Global Organiza-
tion of People of Indian Origin (GO-
PIO) and the Indian American Kera-
la Cultural and Civic Center, hosted
its 2025 Annual Diaspora Lecture
and Interactive Session on Sunday,
June 22, at the Kerala Center in El-
mont, New York. The event, titled
“The Role of America and the Indian
Diaspora in the Freedom Movement
of India,” featured a compelling pre-
sentation by distinguished author and
speaker Dr. Bhuvan Lall.
The program commenced at
4:00 p.m. with a networking coffee/
tea followed by Dr. Lall’s talk and Speaker Dr. Bhuvan Lall and Dr. Aarti Lal Lall with GOPIO and the Kerala Center officials, members and supporters
discussion at 4:30 p.m. Keral Center
President Alex Esthappan welcomed sidered Har Dayal the single big- tannia could never silence or arrest where GOPIO was founded. These
audience and said that the center gest threat to the empire as long as the phenomenon called Har Dayal.” collector’s items of US Postal Service’s
is happy to house the Dr. Thomas he was alive. The origin of Britain’s Dr Lall also highlighted the in- First Day Covers featuring Mahatma
Abraham Library. The evening con- MI6 was intertwined with the life of spiring legacy of Subhas Chandra Gandhi stamps, honored the Indian
cluded with drinks and an Indian din- Har Dayal. Sir David Petrie, Direc- Bose, as the Ghadar Party morphed diaspora and the historic global meet.
ner at 6:00 p.m. Attendees gathered tor-General MI 5 (1941-46) & Chief into the Azad Hind Fauj. He em- The event was attended by
at the Library Hall, located at The of British Intelligence in India wrote, phasized the Indian diaspora’s role community members, scholars, and
Kerala Center in Elmont, New York. “No man in recent times has sinned in India’s struggle for independence. notable figures, including GOPIO
Dr. Lall captivated the audience more grievously against the (British) Attendees praised Dr. Lall’s commit- Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham
with his vivid storytelling, shedding Government… than Har Dayal…” ment to presenting objective histori- who chaired the meeting, GOPIO
light on the pivotal contributions Year after year Hukumat-i-Britannia cal truths, and his laudatory approach International Coordinator for North
of Lala Har Dayal and the Ghadar termed him as the most brilliant per- to Indian history and unsung patriots. America Prof. Raj Vangapaty, GO-
Movement in the United States and son born in India, the most danger- As a token of appreciation, Dr. PIO Council Chair for Seniors
Europe during the early 20th century. ous revolutionary the British Empire Lall was presented with two rare First Mukund Mehta, Kerala Center Sec-
Dr. Lall stated, “According to had encountered in India, and the Day Covers, canceled and released by retary Raju Thomas and officials pf
the timeworn, intelligence reports most decent human being one could the US Postal Service during the First GOPIO and Keral Center, fostering
and records locked away in the ar- meet on Planet Earth. However, de- Global Convention of People of Indi- vibrant discussions on India’s free-
chives, Hukumat-i-Britannia con- spite many attempts, Hukumat-i-Bri- an Origin in New York City in 1989, dom movement.

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