List of chief guests at Delhi Republic Day parade
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Countries invited as chief guests for the Republic Day parade. Erstwhile Yugoslavia (twice invited) has not been depicted in the map.
5 times (France, UK)
4 times (Bhutan, Russia/USSR)
Thrice (Brazil, Indonesia, Mauritius)
Twice (Japan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam)
Once
Never invited
Since 1950, India has been hosting head of state or government of another country as the state guest of honour for Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. During 1950–1954, Republic Day celebrations were organised at different venues (like Irwin Amphitheatre, Kingsway, Red Fort and Ramlila Maidan). It was only starting 1955 when the parade in its present form was organised at Rajpath.[1] The guest country is chosen after a deliberation of strategic, economic and political interests. During 1950s–1970s, a number of NAM and Eastern Bloc countries were hosted by India. In 1968 and 1974, India played host to two countries on the same Republic Day.
By region, the invitations break up as follows:
Region | Invitations | Countries |
---|---|---|
South and Central Asia | 19 | Afghanistan, Bhutan (4 times), Kazakhstan (twice), Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal (twice), Pakistan (twice), Sri Lanka (twice), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
East and South-East Asia | 19 | Brunei, Cambodia (twice), China, Indonesia (thrice), Japan (twice), Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore (twice), South Korea, Thailand (twice), Vietnam (twice) |
West Asia and Saharan Africa | 4 | Algeria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates |
West Africa | 2 | Nigeria (twice) |
Central and Southern Africa | 3 | South Africa (twice), Zaire |
East Africa | 5 | Mauritius (thrice), Tanzania, Zambia |
Eastern Europe | 8 | Bulgaria, Poland, Yugoslavia (twice), Soviet Union/Russia (4 times) |
Western Europe and North America | 17 | Belgium, Denmark, France (5 times), Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom (5 times), United States |
Latin America and Caribbean | 2 | Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago |
Continental South America | 5 | Argentina, Brazil (thrice), Peru |
Oceania | 1 | Australia |
Asia | 41 | Afghanistan, Bhutan (4 times), Brunei, Cambodia (twice), China, Indonesia (thrice), Iran, Japan (twice), Kazakhstan (twice), Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal (twice), Pakistan (twice), Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore (twice), South Korea, Sri Lanka (twice), Tajikistan, Thailand (twice), Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam (twice) |
Europe | 24 | Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France (5 times), Greece, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Soviet Union/Russia (4 times), Spain, Yugoslavia (twice), United Kingdom (5 times) |
Africa | 11 | Algeria, Mauritius (thrice), Nigeria (twice), South Africa (twice), Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia |
South America | 6 | Argentina, Brazil (thrice), Peru, Trinidad and Tobago |
North America | 2 | Mexico, United States |
Oceania | 1 | Australia |
List of chief guests[]
Notes[]
- ^ a b On each of these occasions, Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma from United Kingdom was also the official guest for the parade.[7][8]
- ^ Prince Philip also accompanied Queen Elizabeth II during the parade.[15]
- ^ Attended Republic Day in Madras (Chennai).[17]
- ^ No invitations were sent out possibly due to the demise of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on 11 January 1966 in Tashkent. The new government headed by Indira Gandhi was sworn in on 24 January 1966 (only two days before the Republic Day).[19]
- ^ For the first time, the President of India (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan) could not take the salute at the Republic Day parade due to ill-health.[21] Mohammed Zahir Shah arrived on 28 January.[22]
- ^ Attended only the Beating Retreat.[25][26]
- ^ An invitation was sent to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but after a few weeks he cancelled his visit, citing the need to oversee pandemic response in the United Kingdom.[62]
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