List of Chief Guests of Republic Day: Every year India invites foreign leaders for the Republic Day parade, to improve the relations between the countries and show the diversity and unity present in the Indian culture. This will be the 72nd Republic Day of India. When India celebrates its Republic Day, the world keeps eye on it. India is known for its traditional values, culture, and rituals it follows.
India has traditionally been inviting foreign leaders as the chief guest from the first Republic Day this year also Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited his British counterpart Boris Johnson to grace the 72nd Republic Day celebrations as chief guest. But the UK PM called PM Modi to inform him about his trip cancellation to India due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus cases in Britain. This is the first time in the history of Indian Republic Day that there will be no guests present in the celebration.
The chief guest for the 71st Republic Day celebration is Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. This will be the 3rd time that the Brazilian leader will be attending the Republic Day ceremony.
PM Narendra Modi met Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during the 11th BRICS Summit on November 13, 2019 and invited the Brazilian President to attend the Republic Day ceremony. The Brazilian President gladly accepted PM Modi’s invitation. During their meeting at the BRICS Summit, the two leaders agreed to enhance the strategic partnership between the two nations. PM Modi outlined areas for potential investment from Brazil including areas like agricultural equipment, biofuels, post-harvest technologies and animal husbandry.
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Following is the list of Chief Guest who have been invited for Republic Day Ceremony:
| Year | Guest name | Country |
| 1950 | President Sukarno | Indonesia |
| 1951 | King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah | Nepal |
| 1952 | No Invitation | – |
| 1953 | 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[20] | 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 | – |
| 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 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 Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | United Arab Emirates |
| 2018 | Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei |
| Prime Minister Hun Sen | Cambodia | |
| President Joko Widodo | Indonesia | |
| Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith | Laos | |
| Prime Minister Najib Razak | Malaysia | |
| State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi | Myanmar | |
| President Rodrigo Roa Duterte | Philippines | |
| Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong | Singapore | |
| Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha | Thailand | |
| Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | Vietnam | |
| 2019 | President Cyril Ramaphosa | South Africa |
| 2020 | President Jair Bolsonaro | Brazil |
| 2021 | No guest due to Pandemic | – |
Former Presidents of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, had visited in 1996 and 2004, respectively. The two countries share important bilateral relations and are members of multiple forums like BRICS, BASIC, G-20, G-4, IBSA, International Solar Alliance, and Biofuture Platform.
Many experts have stated that the visit by the Brazilian President will help in improving trade, investment, and friendship between the two countries.
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