Yog Sammelan: Baba Ramdev shows asanas to get rid of BP

The proposal to declare the International Day of Yoga was first moved by Modi in his maiden address to the UN General Assembly on September 27, 2014. Then permanent representative of India to the UN Ashok Mukherji introduced the draft resolution in the UNGA on December 11, 2014. It was co-sponsored by a record 177 countries. For the event this year, the Indian embassy has mounted an active promotion campaign through its social media channels and website.