{"id":4122,"date":"2025-01-28T09:24:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2025-01-28T14:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T21:25:07","slug":"resolution-honoring-india-republic-day-passes-washington-state-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2025\/01\/28\/resolution-honoring-india-republic-day-passes-washington-state-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution honoring India Republic Day passes Washington State Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">OLYMPIA<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013 The Washington State Senate passed a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=8604&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=False\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">resolution<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Monday honoring the contributions of Indian Americans to the culture and history of Washington state and the United States.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:150}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The measure was sponsored by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sen. Manka Dhingra<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">(D-Redmond), the first Sikh American elected to a state legislature in American history, who spoke about the shared democratic values of India and the United States. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cMore than 100,000 Indian Americans live here and reflect the values of inclusion and pluralism through their many cultural and religious identities. Indian Americans enrich every facet of our society \u2014 from the classroom to the boardroom,\u201d Dhingra said. \u201cNow more than ever each and every one of us has a role to play in standing up to ensure the rights, values and ideals of the two largest democracies are safeguarded. I am proud to honor Republic Day 2025 as a symbol of our shared values of democracy, diversity and inclusion and the bonds between the nation of India and our state and country.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:150}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The floor session was opened with a prayer by Mustafa Mohamedali of the Islamic Center of Olympia and Karandeep Singh of the Khalsa Gurmat Center in Federal Way.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Senate also recognized members of the Indian community in attendance, including <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Consul General Prakash Gupta; <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jagdish Sharma, a board member of Indo-American Friendship Forum Foundation; Nickhath Sheriff, the founder and CEO of Essentials First; Preeti Shridhar, Woodinville Water District commissioner; and Nilesh Patel, board member of BAPS temple in Redmond.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dhingra\u2019s remarks can be viewed and downloaded<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tvw.org\/video\/senate-pro-forma-session-january-27-2025011486\/?eventID=2025011486\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:150,&quot;335559739&quot;:150}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA\u00a0\u2013 The Washington State Senate passed a\u00a0resolution\u00a0Monday honoring the contributions of Indian Americans to the culture and history of Washington state and the United States.\u00a0 The measure was sponsored by Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond), the first Sikh American elected to a state legislature in American history, who spoke about the shared democratic values of India and the United States. \u00a0 \u201cMore than 100,000 Indian Americans live here and reflect the values of inclusion and pluralism through their many cultural and religious identities. Indian Americans enrich every facet of our society \u2014 from the classroom to the boardroom,\u201d Dhingra said. \u201cNow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":4123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Resolution honoring India Republic Day passes Washington State Senate - Sen. 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