“We are gearing up for a night of non-stop dancing, mostly to the lively-beats of the traditional Punjabi music, although I imagine we might also groove to a few English tunes along the way.”

Ajay Berry, 48, a relative on Mr Sunak’s paternal aspect, is flying from a enterprise assembly in China for a household assembly on Sunday to assist plan the occasion.

The Telegraph understands Mr Sunak shouldn’t be planning to attend the occasion, which has been pencilled for Thursday or Friday evening, due to an intense schedule between Friday and Sunday.

Mr Sunak, who was born to Indian dad and mom in Southampton, married Ms Murty, the daughter of the billionaire who based the Indian tech agency Infosys, in 2009.

Mr Sunak’s household are largely primarily based in northern India, whereas Ms Murty’s kin largely reside within the southwestern state of Karnataka.

‘Rishi Raj’

His ascendancy in British politics has been praised by the Indian media, which has referred to a “Rishi Raj”.

Mr Sunak has stated his election as Britain’s first Hindu prime minister “meant a lot of things to a lot of people” and hosted a Diwali reception in Downing Street as his first public occasion in No10.

During his management marketing campaign, he stated the UK “needs to learn a lot from India” and pressured his want to “build domestic relations between the two countries”.

The G20 leaders’ summit will happen on Saturday and Sunday, the place Mr Sunak had left open the likelihood he may see Xi Jinping for his or her first face-to-face assembly. But in accordance with a report from the Reuters information company, the Chinese president is now unlikely to attend and can ship Li Qiang, the premier, in his place.

The major prize for the UK delegation could be settlement on a British trade deal with India, which has been held up by disagreements over New Delhi’s demands for greater migration rights for Indian folks.

Boris Johnson, then prime minister, stated final April he hoped to make a deal “by Diwali” in late October.

But the negotiations have reached their twelfth spherical and have been beset by disagreements over India’s request for its firms to have the ability to transfer workers to the UK extra simply.

Britain has requested India to chill out protectionist rules on its providers sector to permit UK corporations to function there, and for patents on medicine to be prolonged earlier than cheaper variations may be produced.

Following a gathering of G20 commerce ministers in India final week, Kemi Badenoch, the Trade Secretary, stated the 2 nations had been taking their commerce relationship “to the next level”.

Ape squad

India has ready for subsequent week’s summit by using “monkey men” to discourage the animals from consuming the floral shows laid out for visiting world leaders.

New Delhi’s metropolis council has employed between 30 and 40 staff who’re “trained to scare away monkeys”, its vice chairman stated on Wednesday.

The authorities have additionally erected cut-outs of langur monkeys, designed to scare off smaller rhesus monkeys from key websites.

The theme of the summit is “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, a Sanskrit phrase which means “the world is one family”.

World leaders will likely be taken on excursions of notable cultural websites and their motels will serve a various menu of Indian and south Asian meals.

Joe Biden, the US president, will arrive on Thursday, with most different company touchdown on Friday.