Year Guest Name Country Note 2015 President Barack Obama United States First US President to be invited.[48] 1955 Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad[10] Pakistan First guest for parade at Rajpath [11] 2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy[41] France 4th invitation 2013 King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck[46] Bhutan 4th invitation 1998 President Jacques Chirac[39] France 3rd invitation 2002 President Cassam Uteem[40] Mauritius 3rd invitation 2005 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck[41] Bhutan 3rd invitation 2007 President Vladimir Putin[41] Russia 3rd invitation 1965 Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid Pakistan 2nd invitation 1968 Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin Soviet Union 2nd invitation 1974 President Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia 2nd invitation 1984 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck[30] Bhutan 2nd invitation 1988 President Junius Jayewardene[34] Sri Lanka 2nd invitation 1990 Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth[36] Mauritius 2nd invitation 1993 Prime Minister John Major[37] United Kingdom 2nd invitation 2000 President Olusegun Obasanjo[40] Nigeria 2nd invitation 2004 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [41] Brazil 2nd invitation 2011 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono[43][44] Indonesia 2nd invitation 1950 President Sukarno Indonesia 1951 — 1952 — 1953 — 1954 King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck[9] Bhutan 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 — 1966 — 1967 — 1968 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 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 1985 President Raúl Alfonsín[31] Argentina 1986 Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou[32] Greece 1987 President Alan Garcia[33] Peru 1989 General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh[35] Vietnam 1991 President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom[37] Maldives 1992 President Mário Soares[37] Portugal 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 1999 King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev[39] Nepal 2001 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika[40] Algeria 2003 President Mohammed Khatami[40] Iran 2006 King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud[41] Saudi Arabia 2009 President Nursultan Nazarbayev[41] Kazakhstan 2010 President Lee Myung Bak[42] South Korea 2012 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra[45] Thailand 2014 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe[47] Japan
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