The list of chief guests on Republic Day: Every year India invites foreign heads to parades on the Republic Day parade, to strengthen the relationship between countries and to show how diverse and united in Indian culture.
This year marks the 73rd Republic Day of India. In the year that India observes their Republic Day, the world is watching it. India is well-known for its values of the past as well as the culture and ceremonies it observes.
The following is the list of Chief Celebrity guests who were invited to attend the Republic day ceremony:
Chief Guests on Delhi Republic Day Parades 1950 to 2022
| Year | Guest name | Country |
| 1950 | President Sukarno | Indonesia |
| 1951 | King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah | Nepal |
| 1952 | No invitation | No invitation |
| 1953 | No invitation | 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 |
| 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 | Chairman Kliment Voroshilov | Soviet Union |
| 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 | No invitation |
| 1967 | King Mohammed Zahir Shah | Afghanistan |
| 1968 | Chairman Alexei Kosygin | Soviet Union |
| President Josip Broz Tito | Yugoslavia | |
| 1969 | Prime Minister 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 | Yugoslavia |
| Prime Minister Sirimavo 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 Jose Lopez Portillo | Mexico |
| 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 Garcia | Peru |
| 1988 | President J. R. 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 |
| 2008 | President Nicolas Sarkozy | France |
| 2009 | President Nursultan Nazarbayev | Kazakhstan |
| 2010 | President Lee Myung Bak | South Korea |
| 2011 | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | Indonesia |
| 2012 | Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra | Thailand |
| 2013 | King 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 Al Nahyan | United Arab Emirates |
| 2018 | Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei |
| 2018 | Prime Minister Hun Sen | Cambodia |
| 2018 | President Joko Widodo | Indonesia |
| 2018 | Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith | Laos |
| 2018 | Prime Minister Najib Razak | Malaysia |
| 2018 | President Htin Kyaw | Myanmar |
| 2018 | President Rodrigo Roa Duterte | Philippines |
| 2018 | President Halimah Yacob | Singapore |
| 2018 | Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha | Thailand |
| 2018 | Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | Vietnam |
| 2019 | Cyril Ramaphosa | South Africa |
| 2020 | President Jair Bolsonaro | Brazil |
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