The Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be the chief guest at the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on 26th of January 2021.
- President of Brazil Jair Messias Bolsonarowas the chief guest at the Republic Day 2020.
- During talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, visiting UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab confirmed that Prime Minister Johnson has accepted India’s invite to be the chief guest at the Republic Day Parade next month.
- Boris Johnson is only the second British leader since India’s independence to attend the Republic Day parade in Delhi as guest of honour after John Major in 1993.
- In the past, members of the British royalty have been chief guests — Prince Philip in 1959 and Queen Elizabeth II in 1961.
