India will celebrate its 76th Republic Day on January 26, 2025. This time the chief guest on Republic Day will be Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. Let us tell you that Subianto will be present in India on 25th and 26th January. But do you know under what rules the Government of India selects the name of the Chief Guest on Republic Day. Today we will tell you about it.
Republic Day
The country is celebrating the 76th Republic Day in the year 2025. Earlier, the chief guest on the 75th Republic Day was French President Emmanuel Macron. In the year 2023, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi came to India. For your information, let us tell you that in India, the tradition of inviting the chief guest on the occasion of 26th January was started in 1950.
Honored with India’s highest honor
Let us tell you that the Chief Guest coming to India is honored with the highest honor on the occasion of all Republic Day ceremonies. Apart from this, he is given a guard of honor at Rashtrapati Bhavan. In the evening, the President of India organizes a special reception in honor of the chief guest.
How is the Chief Guest selected?
Now the question is how the Chief Guest is chosen on the occasion of Republic Day in India. Let us tell you that the concerned officials start the process of selecting the Chief Guest on Republic Day six months in advance. While giving the answer to this question in the report of Indian Express, Manbir Singh, who has been the Ambassador of India, had said that while deciding the name of the Chief Guest, many things are kept in mind. The main thing in which is how India’s relations have been with that country. Apart from this, what is the connection between the army, politics and economy there with India? The name of the foreign guest is decided after serious consideration of all these things by the concerned authorities. However, the final decision on the name of any guest is taken by the Ministry of External Affairs.
Which Republic Day is this?
Every year a question is asked on social media as to which Republic Day this is. In fact, many people count from 1949, because the Constitution was adopted on that day. But actually the real significance comes from the day it came into force. Let us tell you that this Act came into force in 1950. Therefore, in the year 2025, India will celebrate its 76th Republic Day on January 26, 2025.
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