Indian Republic Day in English
Indian Republic Day
Many events are happening all over the world. The history of those events is constantly being recorded in the pages of history. To find some gems from the crowd of events by turning the pages of the history of the world and India, the “Today” section has been started. In this section, various topics will be presented based on the information that happened from January to December. In the January section, through the post titled Indian Republic Day, we will now discuss some important information related to India’s Democracy Day. So without waiting any longer, let’s get into the main topic ⬎
Indian Republic Day
⟽ Previous Post : Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Today is January 26, today is celebrated as Republic Day in India. Incidentally, on January 26, 1950, the Constitution of India came into effect and the post of Governor General of India was abolished and the post of President was created, and since then, India has been celebrated as Democracy Day. For the first four years, Republic Day celebrations were celebrated at four different locations. The main event of the ceremony is the parade. In 1950, the first parade was held at the Red Fort, from 1951-1953, the parade was held at Ramlila Maidan, Irwin Stadium and Kingsway in Delhi respectively. In 1954, Rajpath was selected as the permanent venue for the Republic Day parade and since then, this ceremony has been held at Rajpath. On September 8, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi renamed Rajpath as Kartavya Path and since 2023, the parade event has been held at Kartavya Path. Before 2022, the Indian Republic Day celebrations began on January 24. From 2022, the celebrations began on January 23, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subjas Chandra Bose.
Every year, the Head of State of a country is present as a special guest at the Republic Day celebrations. Till (2026) now, 73 times a foreigner has been invited as the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations. In 1952, 1953, 1966 and 2022, i.e. a total of four times, no head of state has been invited as a special guest. In 2021, despite being invited, due to the Corona situation, the first head of state (British Prime Minister Boris Johnson) was absent from the Republic Day celebrations.
The chief guests who participated in the Indian Republic Day parade from 1950 to 2026 are:
1950: President Sukarno of Indonesia
1951: King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah of Nepal
1952: Not invited
1953: Not invited
1954: King Jigme Wangchuck of Bhutan
1955: Governor General of Pakistan Malik Ghulam Muhammad
1956: Chancellor of the United States R.A. Butler and Chief Justice of Japan Kotaro Tanaka
1957: Soviet Minister of Defense Georgy Zhukov
1958: Chinese Marshal Ye Jiangying
1959: Prince Philip of the United States
1960: Soviet President Kliment Boroshilov
1961: Queen Elizabeth II of the United States
1962: Danish Prime Minister Viggo Kampmann
1963: King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia
1964: United States CDS Lord Louis Mountbatten
1965: Pakistani Minister of Food and Agriculture Rana Abdul Hamid
1966: Not invited
1967: King Mohammad Zahir Shah of Afghanistan
1968: Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin and Yugoslav Premier Josip Broz Tito
1969: Prime Minister of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov
1970: King Baudouin of Belgium
1971: President of Tanzania Julius Nyerere
1972: Prime Minister of Mauritius Sibsagar Ramgoolam
1973: President of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko
1974: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Srimavo Ratabatte Dias Bandaranaike
1975: President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda
1976: Prime Minister of France Jacques Chirac
1977: First Secretary of Poland Edouard Gierek
1978: President of Ireland Patrick Hillary
1979: Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser
1980: President of France Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
1981: President of Mexico José López Portillo
1982: King Juan Carlos-I of Spain
1983: President Shehu Sagari of Nigeria
1984: King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan
1985: President Raul Alfonsin of Argentina
1986: Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou of Greece
1987: President Alan Garcia of Peru
1988: President Junius Jayewardene of Sri Lanka
1989: Secretary General Nguyen Van Linh of Vietnam
1990: Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth of Mauritius
1991: President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of Maldives
1992: President Mário Soares of Portugal
1993: Prime Minister John Major of the United States
1994: Prime Minister Goh Chok of Singapore Tang
1995: President Nelson Mandela of South Africa
1996: President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil
1997: Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Basdeo Pandey
1998: President Jacques Chirac of France
1999: King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deb of Nepal
2000: President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria
2001: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria
2002: President Kassam Uttam of Mauritius
2003: President Mohammad Khatami of Iran
2004: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil
2005: King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan
2006: King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia Saudi
2007: Russian President Vladimir Putin
2008: French President Nicolas Sarkozy
2009: Kazakh President
2010: Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak
2011: Indonesian President Sushilo Bambang Yudhoyono
2012: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
2013: Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
2014: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
2015: US President Barack Obama
2016: French President François Hollande
2017: United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed
2018: Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Laos’ Thongloun Sisoulith, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Malaysian Najib Razak, Myanmar’s President Htin Kyaw, Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte, Singapore’s Halimah Yacob, Thailand’s Prayut Chan-o-cha and Vietnam’s Nguyen Xuan Phuc
2019: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
2020: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
2021: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was invited but did not attend due to the COVID-19 situation
2022: Not invited
2023: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
2024: French President Emmanuel Macron
2025: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto
2026: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ➣ বাংলায় পড়ুন ॥ ➣ हिंदी में पढ़ें:
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