Year Guest Name Country Note 1950 President Sukarno Indonesia 1951 — 1952 — 1953 — 1954 King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck[9] Bhutan 1955 Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad[10] Pakistan First guest for parade at Rajpath [11] 1956 — 1957 — 1958 Marshall Ye Jianying[12] China 1959 — 1960 President Kliment Voroshilov[13] Soviet Union 1961 Queen Elizabeth II[14] United Kingdom 1962 — 1963 King Norodom Sihanouk[15] Cambodia 1964 — 1965 Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid Pakistan 2nd invitation 1966 — 1967 — 1968 Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin Soviet Union 2nd invitation President Josip Broz Tito[16] Yugoslavia 1969 Prime Minister Todor Zhivkov[17] Bulgaria 1970 — 1971 President Julius Nyerere[18] Tanzania 1972 Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam [19] Mauritius 1973 President Mobutu Sese Seko[20] Zaire 1974 President Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia 2nd invitation Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike[21] Sri Lanka 1975 President Kenneth Kaunda[22] Zambia 1976 Prime Minister Jacques Chirac[23] France 1977 First Secretary Edward Gierek[24] Poland 1978 President Patrick Hillery[25] Ireland 1979 Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser[26] Australia 1980 President Valéry Giscard dEstaing France 1981 President Jose Lopez Portillo[27] Mexico 1982 King Juan Carlos I[28] Spain 1983 President Shehu Shagari[29] Nigeria 1984 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck[30] Bhutan 2nd invitation 1985 President Raúl Alfonsín[31] Argentina 1986 Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou[32] Greece 1987 President Alan Garcia[33] Peru 1988 President Junius Jayewardene[34] Sri Lanka 2nd invitation 1989 General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh[35] Vietnam 1990 Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth[36] Mauritius 2nd invitation 1991 President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom[37] Maldives 1992 President Mário Soares[37] Portugal 1993 Prime Minister John Major[37] United Kingdom 2nd invitation 1994 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong[37] Singapore 1995 President Nelson Mandela[38] South Africa 1996 President Fernando Henrique Cardoso[39] Brazil 1997 Prime Minister Basdeo Panday[39] Trinidad and Tobago 1998 President Jacques Chirac[39] France 3rd invitation 1999 King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev[39] Nepal 2000 President Olusegun Obasanjo[40] Nigeria 2nd invitation 2001 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika[40] Algeria 2002 President Cassam Uteem[40] Mauritius 3rd invitation 2003 President Mohammed Khatami[40] Iran 2004 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [41] Brazil 2nd invitation 2005 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck[41] Bhutan 3rd invitation 2006 King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud[41] Saudi Arabia 2007 President Vladimir Putin[41] Russia 3rd invitation 2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy[41] France 4th invitation 2009 President Nursultan Nazarbayev[41] Kazakhstan 2010 President Lee Myung Bak[42] South Korea 2011 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono[43][44] Indonesia 2nd invitation 2012 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra[45] Thailand 2013 King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck[46] Bhutan 4th invitation 2014 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe[47] Japan 2015 President Barack Obama United States First US President to be invited.[48]
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