How is the chief guest of Republic Day decided?
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto is the chief guest in India's 76th Republic Day celebrations. When Republic Day was celebrated for the first time in 1950, even then the President of indonesia was invited as the chief guest. This tradition of inviting the chief guest has been going on since the first Republic Day. In this list of 75 years, india has given this honor to many countries from all over the world.
The leader of france has been the chief guest of Republic Day the most number of times. This has happened a total of 6 times. Two chief guests have also been from neighboring country Pakistan. In 1955, Pakistan's governor General Malik Ghulam Mohammad and in 1965, Pakistan's Agriculture minister Rana Abdul Hamid became the chief guest on Republic Day. india has invited chief guests from Asia to europe and Africa for its Republic Day celebrations. The President of America has also become the chief guest in this ceremony. barack obama was the chief guest in the year 2015.
How is the chief guest of Republic Day decided?
This process starts six months before the Republic Day celebrations. The Ministry of External Affairs carries out this entire process. First of all, a list is made in terms of political and diplomatic relations, economic and defense cooperation, cultural and historical relations and global context.
This list is prepared keeping in mind different standards based on priorities. That is, sometimes the chief guest is invited from a country due to very good relations with it, and sometimes despite not having good relations with a country, the invitation is sent with the aim that india has to strengthen its relations with the concerned nation in the future. Sometimes the list of chief guests is also prepared to fulfill some specific purpose.
The countries proposed for the chief guest are sent to the President and the Prime Minister. If approval is received from here, then the availability of the concerned chief guest is checked. If he is available, then the Ministry of External Affairs maintains official contact with the invited country.
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