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This Is A List Of The Chief Attendees Of Republic Day Over The Years

By - 24 Jan 2024 10:03 AM

On Friday, January 26, India will commemorate the 75th anniversary of Republic Day. It is the day that India became a republic in 1950 and the recently adopted Constitution went into effect. The yearly parade at New Delhi's Rajpath, now known as Kartavya Path, is one of the festivities for the day. March-pasts by Indian Armed Forces personnel and colorful tableaus exhibiting the diversity and customs of various states are featured. Republic Day celebrations take place over three days, culminating on January 29 with the Beating Retreat ceremony.

The French President, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, will visit India as the Chief Guest for the 75th Republic Day celebrations at the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.

India and France are strategic partners who have a lot in common when it comes to local and global issues. We are commemorating the strategic partnership between France and India for 25 years this year. On July 14, 2023, in Paris, the Prime Minister was the honored guest at the Bastille Day Parade. On September 9–10, 2023, President Macron traveled to India for the G-20 Summit," the ministry continued.

The following is a history of Republic Day's top attendees:

principal guest for the 2023 Republic Day Parade

Egypt's President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

honoree at the Republic Day Parade in 2021 and 2022

No main guest because of the COVID-19 pandemic

The head of the 2020 Republic Day Parade

Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil

2019 Republic Day Parade chief guest

South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa

2018 Republic Day Parade chief guest

Heads of the ten states that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah