List of chief guest on republic day parade till now (1950 – 2022)
List of chief guest on republic day parade till now – Our country is celebrating 73rd Republic Day on 26 January this year. The entire Rajpath is decorated to celebrate this National Day. Every year a grand parade is organized on the occasion of Republic Day, along with tableau from many states.
To witness this event, every year Head or special representative of another country is invited to India. In this article, we’ll tell you about the special guests who have been invited to the republic day parade from the year 1950 till now.
Here is a list of chief guest on republic day parade till now (1950 – 2022)
1950- President Sukarno (Indonesia)
1951- King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah (Nepal)
1952– No invitation
1953- No invitation
1954- King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (Bhutan)
1955- Governor-General Malik Ghulam Muhammad (Pakistan)
1956- Chancellor of the Exchequer R. A. Butler (United Kingdom) and Chief Justice Kotaro Tanaka (Japan)
1957- Minister of Defence Georgy Zhukov (Soviet Union)
1958- Marshall Ye Jianying (China)
1959- Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip (United Kingdom)
1960- President Kliment Voroshilov (USSR)
1961- Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom)
1962- Prime Minister Viggo Kampmann (Denmark)
1963- King Norodom Sihanouk (Cambodia)
1964- Chief of Defence Staff Lord Louis Mountbatten (United Kingdom)
1965- Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid (Pakistan)
1966- No invitation
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1967- King Mohammed Zahir Shah (Afghanistan)
1968- Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin (USSR) and President Josip Broz Tito (SFR Yugoslavia)
1969- Prime Minister of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov (Bulgaria)
1970- King of the Belgians Baudouin (Belgium)
1971- President Julius Nyerere (Tanzania)
1972- Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (Mauritius)
1973- President Mobutu Sese Seko (Zaire)
1974- President Josip Broz Tito (SFR Yugoslavia) and Prime Minister Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (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 José López Portillo (Mexico)
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List of chief guest on republic day parade till now
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 García (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)
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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- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (Thailand)
2013- King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Bhutan)
2014- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Japan)
2015- President Barack Obama (United States)
2016- President François Hollande (France)
2017- Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (United Arab Emirates)
2018- Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Philippines)
2019- President Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa)
2020- President Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil)
2021- No Guest
2022- No Guest
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