From News Desk
A historic event was set to take place on Tyneside, as the city marked India’s 79th Independence Day with a flag hoisting at Newcastle Civic Centre. And the hope is now that the celebration – set to take place on August 15 – will become an annual event to showcase the strengthening relationship between the North East and India.
The event was organised by Meenu Malhotra, Chairman, Malhotra Group PLC who last year became the first Honorary Consul General to India in the UK. Throughout the year Malhotra worked to help boost economic opportunities between this country and India, building on more than two decades of building a relationship between the UK and India.
The celebration on August 15 had been agreed by Newcastle City Council and saw the Indian flag in place outside of the Civic Centre for the day, hoisted in front of an invited audience of local dignitaries and representatives from a wide range of organisations and academia.
“This is the first time in the history of Newcastle that the Indian national flag has been flown outside of the Civic Centre and we are very grateful to the civic authorities that are allowing this to take place,” said Malhotra. This is a very important event and will build on the relationship we are building between UK and what is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. This will send a very positive message to India and show the immense closeness we are developing. We would like to see this become an annual celebration and something that we can continue to build on, year on year.”
Along with invited guests, the flag ceremony was open to the general public. In the evening there was an invitation-only cultural celebration with a range of entertainment provided by the Indian Association North East.
Since Malhotra’s appointment as Honorary Consul, he has worked to build relationships between both countries from India House at Shields Road, Newcastle.
It reflects the national Free Trade Agreement which exists between the UK and India, created to deepen the trading relationship between the two countries by reducing trade barriers and creating new opportunities for businesses.
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