Republic day of India is National Festival of India.Every year Republic day of India is celebrated 26th January.Since 1950, India has been hosting head of state or government of another country as the state guest of honor for Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. Since 1955 parade is being presenting at Rajpath.A grand event is organized in the capital of New Delhi, wherein the President hoists and unfurls the Indian flag, which is followed by a massive parade. India welcomes a different chief guest every year to witness its Republic Day celebrations. Here is Republic Day of India Chief Guests List of Year 1950 to 2018.
Year
|
Guest Name
|
Country
|
2017
|
Crown
Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
|
Abu Dhabi
|
2016
|
President,
Francois Hollande
|
France
|
2015
|
President,
Barack Obama
|
USA
|
2014
|
Prime
Minister, Shinzo Abe
|
Japan
|
2013
|
King,
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
|
Bhutan
|
2012
|
Prime
minister, Yingluck Shinawatra
|
Thailand
|
2011
|
President,
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
|
Indonesia
|
2010
|
President,
Lee Myung Bak
|
Republic
of Korea
|
2009
|
President,
Nursultan Nazarbayev
|
Kazakhstan
|
2008
|
President,
Nicolas Sarkozy
|
France
|
2007
|
President,
Vladimir Putin
|
Russia
|
2006
|
King,
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud
|
Saudi
Arabia
|
2005
|
King,
Jigme Singye Wangchuck
|
Bhutan
|
2004
|
President,
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
|
Brazil
|
2003
|
President,
Mohammed Khatami
|
Iran
|
2002
|
President,
Cassam Uteem
|
Mauritius
|
2001
|
President,
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
|
Algeria
|
2000
|
President,
Olusegun Obasanjo
|
Nigeria
|
1999
|
King,
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
|
Nepal
|
1998
|
President,
Jacques Chirac
|
France
|
1997
|
Prime
Minister, Basdeo Panday
|
Trinidad
and Tobago
|
1996
|
President,
Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso
|
Brazil
|
1995
|
President,
Nelson Mandela
|
South
Africa
|
1994
|
Prime
Minister, Goh Chok Tong
|
Singapore
|
1993
|
Prime
Minister, John Major
|
United
Kingdom
|
1992
|
President,
Mário Soares
|
Portugal
|
1991
|
President,
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
|
Maldives
|
1990
|
Prime
Minister, Anerood Jugnauth
|
Mauritius
|
1989
|
General
Secretary, Nguyen Van Linh
|
Vietnam
|
1988
|
President,
Junius Jayewardene
|
Sri Lanka
|
1987
|
President,
Alan Garcia
|
Peru
|
1986
|
Prime
Minister, Andreas Papandreou
|
Greece
|
1985
|
President,
Raúl AlfonsÃn
|
Argentina
|
1984
|
King,
Jigme Singye Wangchuck
|
Bhutan
|
1983
|
President,
Shehu Shagari
|
Nigeria
|
1982
|
King, Juan
Carlos I
|
Spain
|
1981
|
President,
Jose Lopez Portillo
|
Mexico
|
1980
|
President,
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
|
France
|
1979
|
Prime
Minister, Malcolm Fraser
|
Australia
|
1978
|
President,
Patrick Hillery
|
Ireland
|
1977
|
First
Secretary, Edward Gierek
|
Poland
|
1976
|
Prime
Minister, Jacques Chirac
|
France
|
1975
|
President,
Kenneth Kaunda
|
Zambia
|
1974
|
President,
Josip Broz Tito
Prime Minister,
Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
|
Yugoslavia
Sri Lanka
|
1973
|
President,
Mobutu Sese Seko
|
Zaire
|
1972
|
Prime
Minister, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
|
Mauritius
|
1971
|
President,
Julius Nyerere
|
Tanzania
|
1970
|
-
|
-
|
1969
|
Prime
Minister, Todor Zhivkov
|
Bulgaria
|
1968
|
Prime
Minister, Alexei Kosygin Soviet Union
President,
Josip Broz Tito
|
Yugoslavia
|
1967
|
-
|
|
1966
|
-
|
|
1965
|
Food and
Agriculture Minister, Rana Abdul Hamid
|
Pakistan
|
1964
|
-
|
|
1963
|
King,
Norodom Sihanouk
|
Cambodia
|
1962
|
-
|
|
1961
|
Queen,
Elizabeth II United
|
Kingdom
|
1960
|
President,
Kliment Voroshilov
|
Soviet
Union
|
1959
|
-
|
|
1958
|
Marshall
Ye Jianying People’s
|
Republic
of China
|
1957
|
Governor
General, Malik Ghulam Muhammad
|
Pakistan
|
1956
|
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1955
|
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1954
|
King,
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
|
Bhutan
|
1953
|
-
|
|
1952
|
-
|
|
1951
|
-
|
|
1951
|
-
|
|
1950
|
President, Sukarno
|
Indonesia
|
