1950 | President Sukarno | Indonesia |
1954 | King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck | Bhutan |
1955 | Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad (first guest for parade at Rajpath) | Pakistan |
1958 | Marshall Ye Jianying | People’s | Republic of China |
1960 | President Kliment Voroshilov | Soviet Union |
1961 | Queen Elizabeth II | United Kingdom |
1963 | King Norodom Sihanouk | Cambodia |
1965 | Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid | Pakistan |
1968 | Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin and President Josip Broz Tito | Soviet Union Yugoslavia |
1969 | Prime Minister of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov | Bulgaria |
1971 | President Julius Nyerere | Tanzania |
1972 | Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Mauritius |
1973 | President Mobutu Sese Seko | Zaire |
1974 | President Josip Broz Tito and Prime Minister Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike | Yugoslavia Sri Lanka |
1975 | President Kenneth Kaunda | Zambia |
1976 | Prime Minister Jacques Chirac | France |
1977 | First Secretary Edward Gierek | Poland |
1978 | President Patrick Hillery | Ireland |
1979 | Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser | Australia |
1980 | President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing | France |
1981 | President Jose Lopez Portillo | Mexico |
1982 | King Juan Carlos I | Spain |
1983 | President Shehu Shagari | Nigeria |
1984 | King Jigme Singye Wangchuck | Bhutan |
1985 | President Raúl Alfonsín | Argentina |
1986 | Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou | Greece |
1987 | President Alan Garcia | Peru |
1988 | President Junius Jayewardene | Sri Lanka |
1989 | General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh | Vietnam |
1990 | Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth | Mauritius |
1991 | President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | Maldives |
1992 | President Mário Soares | Portugal |
1993 | Prime Minister John Major | United Kingdom |
1994 | Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong | Singapore |
1995 | President Nelson Mandela | South Africa |
1996 | President Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Brazil |
1997 | Prime Minister Basdeo Panday | Trinidad and Tobago |
1998 | President Jacques Chirac | France |
1999 | King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | Nepal |
2000 | President Olusegun Obasanjo | Nigeria |
2001 | President Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria |
2002 | President Cassam Uteem | Mauritius |
2003 | President Mohammed Khatami | Iran |
2004 | President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | Brazil |
2005 | King Jigme Singye Wangchuck | Bhutan |
2006 | King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud | Saudi Arabia |
2007 | President Vladimir Putin | Russia |
2008 | President Nicolas Sarkozy | France |
2009 | President Nursultan Nazarbayev | Kazakhstan |
2010 | President Lee Myung Bak | Republic of Korea |
2011 | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | Indonesia |
2012 | First Female Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra | Thailand |
2013 | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Bhutan |
2014 | Shinzo Abe (Prime Minister) | Japan |
2015 | Barack Obama (President) | United States of America |