Republic day 2018 in India is celebrated on 26th of January, at Friday.
(In 2018, India is celebrating its 69th Republic Day. First Republic Day of India was celebrated in 1950)
JAMMU
(KALASH NATH)
26JANUARY 2018
Republic day in India is celebrated every year with great pride on 26th of January to honour the Constitution of India as it came into force on the same day in the year 1950. It had replaced the Government of India Act, 1935 into the governing document of India. On this day, national holiday is declared by the Indian Government. The new Indian Constitution was sketched and approved by the Indian Constituent Assembly and decided to celebrate it on 26th of January every year as India became a republic country.
The chief guests on Republic Day of India 2018 would be 10 Great Leaders of the 10 nations of the world (Heads of ASEAN states). Below is the list of names of Chief Guests and their Nations:
Sultan and incumbent Prime Minister Hassanal Bolkiah – Brunei
Prime Minister Hun Sen – Cambodia
President Joko Widodo – Indonesia
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith – Laos
Prime Minister Najib Razak – Malaysia
President Htin Kyaw – Myanmar
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte – Philippines
President Halimah Yacob – Singapore
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha – Thailand
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc – Vietnam
What is Special on 2018 Indian Republic Day.
It is for the first time that one of the floats will show “All India Radio” to display Prime Minister’s monthly address “Mann Ki Baat”.
Around 61 tribal guests are invited to participate in the Republic Day celebration.
113 BSF women will perform motorcycle stunts such as pyramid, shaktiman, fish riding, seema prahari, bull fighting, etc.
It is for the first time that ASEAN Flags will be displayed through fly in the sky over Rajpath.
“Nirbhay missile” and the “Ashwini radar system” from The Defence Development and Research Organization will be displayed.etc
Like Independence Day is celebrated to enjoy the hard won freedom of India from the British Rule, Republic Day in India is celebrated to commemorate the coming of its own constitution into force. It is officially celebrated every year in the national capital of India (New Delhi) at Rajpath in the presence of the Indian President. Besides, celebrations in various other states also take place in the presence of their respective state governors by hoisting the National Flag of the country.
January 26 is declared as the national holiday all over the country by the Government of India.
HISTORY OF CELEBRATING REPUBLIC DAY.
India got freedom from the British Rule on 15th August 1947. At that time, there was no permanent constitution of the country. It was on 4th November 1947 that the first draft of the Indian Constitution was presented by the drafting committee to the national assembly. The first draft of the Indian Constitution was signed by the national assembly in both versions, i.e. English and Hindi on 24th January 1950.
Thereafter, the Constitution of India came into effect on Republic Day, i.e. 26th January 1950. Since then, 26th of January is being celebrated as the Republic Day in India. On this day, India was declared as the Purna Swaraj Country and thus we began celebrating this day as the anniversary of the Purna Swaraj Day.
The Constitution of India empowered the Indian Citizens to select their own government. The oath was taken by Dr. Rajendra Prasad as the first president of India at Durbar Hall in the Government House. India has a big history behind celebrating the Republic day.
INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY CHIEF GUEST LIST FROM 1950 TO 2018
As every year, India follows the great Indian culture and tradition, i.e. “Atithi Devo Bhav” of welcoming the prime Minister or President of another country as a chief guest. This year, the chief guests on the Republic Day of India, 2018 are 10 great leaders from 10 countries of the world (Heads of ASEAN states). Below is the list of all chief guests welcomed in India at each Republic Day from the year India was declared as Republic country till 2018:
Year
Guest Name
Country
2018
Sultan and incumbent Prime Minister, Hassanal Bolkiah
Prime Minister, Hun Sen
President, Joko Widodo
Prime Minister, Thongloun Sisoulith
Prime Minister, Najib Razak
President, Htin Kyaw
President, Rodrigo Roa Duterte
President, Halimah Yacob
Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha
Prime Minister, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
2017
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Abu Dhabi
2016
President, Francois Hollande
France
2015
President, Barack Obama
USA
2014
Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe
Japan
2013
King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Bhutan
2012
Prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand
2011
President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Indonesia
2010
President, Lee Myung Bak
Republic of Korea
2009
President, Nursultan Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan
2008
President, Nicolas Sarkozy
France
2007
President, Vladimir Putin
Russia
2006
King, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud
Saudi Arabia
2005
King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Bhutan
2004
President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Brazil
2003
President, Mohammed Khatami
Iran
2002
President, Cassam Uteem
Mauritius
2001
President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Algeria
2000
President, Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigeria
1999
King, Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
Nepal
1998
President, Jacques Chirac
France
1997
Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday
Trinidad and Tobago
1996
President, Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Brazil
1995
President, Nelson Mandela
South Africa
1994
Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong
Singapore
1993
Prime Minister, John Major
United Kingdom
1992
President, Mário Soares
Portugal
1991
President, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Maldives
1990
Prime Minister, Anerood Jugnauth
Mauritius
1989
General Secretary, Nguyen Van Linh
Vietnam
1988
President, Junius Jayewardene
Sri Lanka
1987
President, Alan Garcia
Peru
1986
Prime Minister, Andreas Papandreou
Greece
1985
President, Raúl Alfonsín
Argentina
1984
King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Bhutan
1983
President, Shehu Shagari
Nigeria
1982
King, Juan Carlos I
Spain
1981
President, Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
1980
President, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
France
1979
Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser
Australia
1978
President, Patrick Hillery
Ireland
1977
First Secretary, Edward Gierek
Poland
1976
Prime Minister, Jacques Chirac
France
1975
President, Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
1974
President, Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslavia
Prime Minister, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
Sri Lanka
1973
President, Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire
1972
Prime Minister, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Mauritius
1971
President, Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
1970
–
1969
Prime Minister, Todor Zhivkov
Bulgaria
1968
Prime Minister, Alexei Kosygin
Soviet Union
President, Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslavia
1967
–
1966
–
1965
Food and Agriculture Minister, Rana Abdul Hamid
Pakistan
1964
–
1963
King, Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
1962
–
1961
Queen, Elizabeth II
United Kingdom
1960
President, Kliment Voroshilov
Soviet Union
1959
–
1958
Marshall Ye Jianying
People’s Republic of China
1957
–
1956
–
1955
Governor General, Malik Ghulam Muhammad
Pakistan
1954
King, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Bhutan
1953
–
1952
–
1951
–
1950
President, Sukarno,
early post newspaper (Reporter /writer) Kalash Nath.
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