Friday, July 17, 2015

Indian Republic Day Chief Guest List

We celebrate Republic Day in our Nation “India” every year on 26th of January. In order to celebrate this national festival we follow the nice and great Indian culture and tradition “Atithi Devo Bhav” of hospitable head of state or government of another country because the state guest of honour for Republic Day celebrations at Indian capital (New Delhi). Since 1955 parade is being presenting at Rajpath. The guest country is chosen once a deliberation of strategic, economic and political interests.

 Following is the list of all Chief guest invited to attend Republic Day of India
(26th January) since 1950 to 2015:
Year
Chief Guest Name
Country
1950
President Sukarno
Indonesia
1951
1952
1953
1954
King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Bhutan
1955
Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad (first guest for parade at Rajpath)
Pakistan
1956
1957
1958
Marshall Ye Jianying
People’s Republic of China
1959
1960
President Kliment Voroshilov
Soviet Union
1961
Queen Elizabeth II
United Kingdom
1962
1963
King Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
1964
1965
Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid
Pakistan
1966
1967
1968
Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin and President Josip Broz Tito
Soviet Union Yugoslavia
1969
Prime Minister of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov
Bulgaria
1970
1971
President Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
1972
Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Mauritius
1973
President Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire
1974
President Josip Broz Tito and Prime Minister Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
Yugoslavia Sri Lanka
1975
President Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
1976
Prime Minister Jacques Chirac
France
1977
First Secretary Edward Gierek
Poland
1978
President Patrick Hillery
Ireland
1979
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser
Australia
1980
President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
France
1981
President Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
1982
King Juan Carlos I
Spain
1983
President Shehu Shagari
Nigeria
1984
King Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Bhutan
1985
President Raúl Alfonsín
Argentina
1986
Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou
Greece
1987
President Alan Garcia
Peru
1988
President Junius Jayewardene
Sri Lanka
1989
General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh
Vietnam
1990
Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth
Mauritius
1991
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Maldives
1992
President Mário Soares
Portugal
1993
Prime Minister John Major
United Kingdom
1994
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
Singapore
1995
President Nelson Mandela
South Africa
1996
President Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Brazil
1997
Prime Minister Basdeo Panday
Trinidad and Tobago
1998
President Jacques Chirac
France
1999
King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
Nepal
2000
President Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigeria
2001
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Algeria
2002
President Cassam Uteem
Mauritius
2003
President Mohammed Khatami
Iran
2004
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Brazil
2005
King Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Bhutan
2006
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud
Saudi Arabia
2007
President Vladimir Putin
Russia
2008
President Nicolas Sarkozy
France
2009
President Nursultan Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan
2010
President Lee Myung Bak
Republic of Korea
2011
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Indonesia
2012
Yingluck Shinawatra First Female Prime Minister of Thailand
Thailand
2013
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Bhutan
2014
Shinzo Abe (Prime Minister)
Japan
2015
Barack Obama (President)
United States of America

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