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
Year
|
Chief Guest Name
|
Country
|
1950
|
President Sukarno
|
Indonesia
|
1951
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1952
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1953
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1954
|
King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
|
Bhutan
|
1955
|
Governor General Malik Ghulam
Muhammad (first guest for parade at Rajpath)
|
Pakistan
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1956
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1957
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1958
|
Marshall Ye Jianying
|
People’s Republic of China
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1959
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1960
|
President Kliment Voroshilov
|
Soviet Union
|
1961
|
Queen Elizabeth II
|
United Kingdom
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1962
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1963
|
King Norodom Sihanouk
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Cambodia
|
1964
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1965
|
Food and Agriculture Minister
Rana Abdul Hamid
|
Pakistan
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1966
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1967
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1968
|
Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin
and President Josip Broz Tito
|
Soviet Union Yugoslavia
|
1969
|
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Todor Zhivkov
|
Bulgaria
|
1970
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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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