<Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Guest name </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Note </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1950 </Td> <Td> President Sukarno </Td> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1951 </Td> <Td> King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah </Td> <Td> Nepal </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1953 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954 </Td> <Td> King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck </Td> <Td> Bhutan </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad </Td> <Td> Pakistan </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> First guest for parade at Rajpath </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956 </Td> <Td> Chancellor of the Exchequer R.A. Butler </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Two guests </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief Justice Kōtarō Tanaka </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> Minister of Defence Georgy Zhukov </Td> <Td> Soviet Union </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> Marshall Ye Jianying </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1959 </Td> <Td> Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> Chairman Kliment Voroshilov </Td> <Td> Soviet Union </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> Queen Elizabeth II </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 3rd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Viggo Kampmann </Td> <Td> Denmark </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Note </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> King Norodom Sihanouk </Td> <Td> Cambodia </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Chief of Defence Staff Lord Louis Mountbatten </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 4th invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid </Td> <Td> Pakistan </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> King Mohammed Zahir Shah </Td> <Td> Afghanistan </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Note </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Chairman Alexei Kosygin </Td> <Td> Soviet Union </Td> <Td> 3rd invitation </Td> <Td> Two guests </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> President Josip Broz Tito </Td> <Td> Yugoslavia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Todor Zhivkov </Td> <Td> Bulgaria </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> King of the Belgians Baudouin </Td> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Attended only the Beating Retreat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> President Julius Nyerere </Td> <Td> Tanzania </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam </Td> <Td> Mauritius </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> President Mobutu Sese Seko </Td> <Td> Zaire </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> President Josip Broz Tito </Td> <Td> Yugoslavia </Td> <Td> 2nd invitation </Td> <Td> Two guests </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike </Td> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> President Kenneth Kaunda </Td> <Td> Zambia </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Jacques Chirac </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> First Secretary Edward Gierek </Td> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> President Patrick Hillery </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> President Jose Lopez Portillo </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> King Juan Carlos I </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> President Shehu Shagari </Td> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> King Jigme Singye Wangchuck </Td> <Td> Bhutan </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> President Raúl Alfonsín </Td> <Td> Argentina </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou </Td> <Td> Greece </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> President Alan Garcia </Td> <Td> Peru </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> President J.R. Jayewardene </Td> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh </Td> <Td> Vietnam </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth </Td> <Td> Mauritius </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom </Td> <Td> Maldives </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> President Mário Soares </Td> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Prime Minister John Major </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 5th invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong </Td> <Td> Singapore </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> President Nelson Mandela </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> President Fernando Henrique Cardoso </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Basdeo Panday </Td> <Td> Trinidad and Tobago </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> President Jacques Chirac </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 3rd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev </Td> <Td> Nepal </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> President Olusegun Obasanjo </Td> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> President Abdelaziz Bouteflika </Td> <Td> Algeria </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> President Cassam Uteem </Td> <Td> Mauritius </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 3rd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> President Mohammed Khatami </Td> <Td> Iran </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> King Jigme Singye Wangchuck </Td> <Td> Bhutan </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 3rd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al - Saud </Td> <Td> Saudi Arabia </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> President Vladimir Putin </Td> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 4th invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> President Nicolas Sarkozy </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 4th invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> President Nursultan Nazarbayev </Td> <Td> Kazakhstan </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> President Lee Myung Bak </Td> <Td> South Korea </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono </Td> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra </Td> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck </Td> <Td> Bhutan </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 4th invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Prime Minister Shinzo Abe </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> President Barack Obama </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> President François Hollande </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 5th invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan </Td> <Td> United Arab Emirates </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2018 </Td> <Td> Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah </Td> <Td> Brunei </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ten guests (Heads of ASEAN states) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prime Minister Hun Sen </Td> <Td> Cambodia </Td> <Td> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> President Joko Widodo </Td> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> 3rd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith </Td> <Td> Laos </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prime Minister Najib Razak </Td> <Td> Malaysia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> President Htin Kyaw </Td> <Td> Myanmar </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> President Rodrigo Roa Duterte </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong </Td> <Td> Singapore </Td> <Td> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prime Minister Prayuth Chan - ocha </Td> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc </Td> <Td> Vietnam </Td> <Td> 2nd invitation </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Guest name </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Note </Th> </Tr>

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