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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline AUGUST 11, 2023 | The Indian Eye 18
Long Island all set to celebrate 76th Indian
Independence Day with India Day Parade
OUR BUREAU pendence the country of India and
you don’t hear and that’s our County
Hicksville NY
we are so blessed we happened to be
n the occasion of India’s In- larger when it comes to population
dependence Day, various almost 1.5 million people than 10
Oevents has been organized by states in the United States are GDP
people of Indian origin living abroad, is greater than 145 countries in the
and one of them main event is India United Nations but what makes us
Day Parade of Long Island Hicksville. so special is this it’s celebrating all
This year the 12th India Day Parade the diverse cultures creeds religion
dedicated to India’s Independence County we’re truly blessed so on be-
Day is being organized on August 27. half of the county executive Bruce
In this regard, a curtain raiser Blakeman”.
ceremony function was held in Nas- She further added that, “I want
sau County Legislative Building. In to thank Bobby g for being the
the presence of massive gathering founder of this Indian day parade
the poster of 12th India Day Parade I want to thank you and the en-
was released. tire team because we all know that
New York State Senator Kevin events like August 27th in Hicksville
Thomas and former New York State are not going to happen without a
Senator Anna Kaplan and Nassau team of many people that are going
County Comptroller Elaine Phillips to work hard.
participated on this occasion. On this occasion, new York
IDP Founder and Nassau Coun- State Senator Kevin Thomas said
ty Human rights commission com- that this parade is a symbol of the
missioner Bobby Kumar Kalotee, hard work and progress of the In-
who started this parade twelve years dian American community living in
ago, praised the organizers of this America and the talk of this parade
parade. Speaking to the audience is happening everywhere. On this
he said that everyone individual this occasion, former senator Anna Ka-
time looking forward to make this plan said that she feels proud to be a
parade historical under the presi- part of this parade.
dent-ship of Deepak Bansal and Vi- The president of this parade
mal Goyal. Deepak Bansal and Vimal Goyal
Speaking to the gathering Nas- jointly thanked everyone for partic-
sau County Comptroller Elaine ipating in this program and urged
Phillips says that, “we’re here to cel- everyone to contribute to make this
ebrate the 76th anniversary of inde- parade a success.
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