What is Criteria for calling Republic Day Cheif Guest??

[bhramos]

is their any special criteria for calling the cheif Guests, as we have also called Pakistan twice, so i got this doubt please......

Year Guest Name Country
1950 President Sukarno[5] Indonesia
1951 -
1952 -
1953 -
1954 King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck[6] Bhutan
1955 Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad[5] Pakistan
1956 -
1957 -
1958 Marshall Ye Jianying[7] People's Republic of China
1959 -
1960 President Kliment Voroshilov[8] Soviet Union
1961 Queen Elizabeth II[5] United Kingdom
1962 -
1963 King Norodom Sihanouk[9] Cambodia
1964 -
1965 Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid Pakistan
1966 -
1967 -
1968 Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin Soviet Union
President Josip Broz Tito[10] Yugoslavia
1969 Prime Minister of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov[11] Bulgaria
1970 -
1971 President Julius Nyerere[12] Tanzania
1972 Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam [13] Mauritius
1973 President Mobutu Sese Seko[14] Zaire
1974 President Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia
Prime Minister Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike[15] Sri Lanka
1975 President Kenneth Kaunda[16] Zambia
1976 Prime Minister Jacques Chirac[5] France
1977 First Secretary Edward Gierek[17] Poland
1978 President Patrick Hillery[18] Ireland
1979 Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser[19] Australia
1980 President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing[5] France
1981 President Jose Lopez Portillo[20] Mexico
1982 King Juan Carlos I[21] Spain
1983 President Shehu Shagari[22] Nigeria
1984 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck[23] Bhutan
1985 President Raúl Alfonsín[24] Argentina
1986 Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou[25] Greece
1987 President Alan García[26] Peru
1988 President Junius Jayewardene[27] Sri Lanka
1989 General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh[28] Vietnam
1990 Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth[29] Mauritius
1991 President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom[29] Maldives
1992 President Mário Soares[29] Portugal
1993 Prime Minister John Major[5] United Kingdom
1994 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong[5] Singapore
1995 President Nelson Mandela[30] South Africa
1996 President Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso[29] Brazil
1997 Prime Minister Basdeo Panday[29] Trinidad and Tobago
1998 President Jacques Chirac[5] France
1999 King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev[29] Nepal
2000 President Olusegun Obasanjo[5] Nigeria
2001 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika[29] Algeria
2002 President Cassam Uteem[29] Mauritius
2003 President Mohammed Khatami[5] Iran
2004 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [5] Brazil
2005 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck[29] Bhutan
2006 King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud[29] Saudi Arabia
2007 President Vladimir Putin[5] Russia
2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy[5] France
2009 President Nursultan Nazarbayev[5] Kazakhstan
2010 President Lee Myung Bak[29] Republic of Korea
2011 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono[31] Indonesia
2012 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra[32] Thailand

 

[plugwater]

Just random AFAIK.

Lets invite Israeli prime minister next time and piss everyone off around us

 

[trackwhack]

Just random AFAIK.

Lets invite Israeli prime minister next time and piss everyone off around us

If we can invite the heads of states of all the Arab countries, why can we not invite Israel? But yeah, there will be quite a few Muslim votes that are lost in the process.

 

[sayareakd]

present one is that the guest has to be sexy or at least his spouse has to sexy.

 

[bhramos]

Since 1950, India has been hosting head of state or government of another country as the state guest of honor for Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. During 1950-1954, Republic Day celebrations were organized at different venues (like Irwin Stadium, Kingsway, Red Fort and Ramlila Grounds). It was only starting 1955 when the parade in its present form was organized at Rajpath. The guest country is chosen after a deliberation of strategic, economic and political interests. During 1950s-1970s, a number of NAM and Eastern Bloc countries were hosted by India. In the post-Cold War era, India has also invited several Western leaders on a state visit during the Republic Day. It is notable that before India fought wars with China and Pakistan, leaders from these countries were invited as state guests for the Republic Day celebrations. Interestingly, Pakistan Food and Agriculture Minister was the second state guest from that country for Republic Day in 1965, a few days after which the two countries went to a war. Countries which have been invited multiple times include India's neighbors (Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Mauritius), defense allies (Russia/USSR, France and Britain), trade partners (Brazil) and NAM allies (Nigeria, Indonesia and erstwhile Yugoslavia). France has the distinction of being the guest of honor for the maximum (four) number of times followed by three visits each from Bhutan, Mauritius and USSR/Russia. It is also worth noting that no President of the United States has been a state guest of honor.

 

[Ray]

India should think of inviting Heads of Govt from Taiwan, Israel, and other countries that require recognition that they also exist as Nations and are as important as any other.

 

[KS]

What more criteria do you need than a gracious face to grace a gracious occasion ?

 

[thakur_ritesh]

Criteria - diplomacy, with the idea of strengthening relations.

But then pakistanis have been back stabbers, always!

2003 President Mohammed Khatami[5] Iran

The same year, 2003, the NDA government hosted the Israeli PM. The best balancing act in diplomacy.

I want to see PM pay a visit to Israel if and when he does so to Iran.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

It is also worth noting that no President of the United States has been a state guest of honor.

Maybe Obama will be invited in his second term. Surely by then the USA will have been globally humiliated sufficiently to satisfy all Indians.
(Not sure to add a smiley there.)

 

[Blackwater]

Just random AFAIK.

Lets invite Israeli prime minister next time and piss everyone off around us

GOI ( not congress) has no balls to offend our Arabs . That's why our relation with Israel is still more under the carpet then open

 

[Blackwater]

is their any special criteria for calling the cheif Guests, as we have also called Pakistan twice, so i got this doubt please......

Year Guest Name Country
1950 President Sukarno[5] Indonesia
1951 -
1952 -
1953 -
1954 King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck[6] Bhutan
1955 Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad[5] Pakistan
1956 -
1957 -
1958 Marshall Ye Jianying[7] People's Republic of China
1959 -
1960 President Kliment Voroshilov[8] Soviet Union
1961 Queen Elizabeth II[5] United Kingdom
1962 -
1963 King Norodom Sihanouk[9] Cambodia
1964 -
1965 Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid Pakistan
1966 -
1967 -
1968 Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin Soviet Union
President Josip Broz Tito[10] Yugoslavia
1969 Prime Minister of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov[11] Bulgaria
1970 -
1971 President Julius Nyerere[12] Tanzania
1972 Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam [13] Mauritius
1973 President Mobutu Sese Seko[14] Zaire
1974 President Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia
Prime Minister Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike[15] Sri Lanka
1975 President Kenneth Kaunda[16] Zambia
1976 Prime Minister Jacques Chirac[5] France
1977 First Secretary Edward Gierek[17] Poland
1978 President Patrick Hillery[18] Ireland
1979 Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser[19] Australia
1980 President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing[5] France
1981 President Jose Lopez Portillo[20] Mexico
1982 King Juan Carlos I[21] Spain
1983 President Shehu Shagari[22] Nigeria
1984 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck[23] Bhutan
1985 President Raúl Alfonsín[24] Argentina
1986 Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou[25] Greece
1987 President Alan García[26] Peru
1988 President Junius Jayewardene[27] Sri Lanka
1989 General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh[28] Vietnam
1990 Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth[29] Mauritius
1991 President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom[29] Maldives
1992 President Mário Soares[29] Portugal
1993 Prime Minister John Major[5] United Kingdom
1994 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong[5] Singapore
1995 President Nelson Mandela[30] South Africa
1996 President Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso[29] Brazil
1997 Prime Minister Basdeo Panday[29] Trinidad and Tobago
1998 President Jacques Chirac[5] France
1999 King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev[29] Nepal
2000 President Olusegun Obasanjo[5] Nigeria
2001 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika[29] Algeria
2002 President Cassam Uteem[29] Mauritius
2003 President Mohammed Khatami[5] Iran
2004 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [5] Brazil
2005 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck[29] Bhutan
2006 King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud[29] Saudi Arabia
2007 President Vladimir Putin[5] Russia
2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy[5] France
2009 President Nursultan Nazarbayev[5] Kazakhstan
2010 President Lee Myung Bak[29] Republic of Korea
2011 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono[31] Indonesia
2012 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra[32] Thailand

Jo wela ho use bola lo

 

[Blackwater]

India should think of inviting Heads of Govt from Taiwan, Israel, and other countries that require recognition that they also exist as Nations and are as important as any other.

you are right,we must invite Heads of Taiwan and Israel. Again i said, GOI is ball less.Time has changed. If you show danda to the enemies then they will become thanda

 

[SADAKHUSH]

By and large Indians admire the progressive and independent nature of Americans. It is the left leaning Indians who would like to see Americans being humiliated rest of us have lot to learn from Americans when it comes to being compassionate and donor to the nation as well as international body's.
I remember when as a young boy growing up during the Nehru - Kennedy era in respective country's of ours, I learned the first thing about USA's help through the PL 480 programme and second was the offer to help India during the China's adventure in 1962.

 

[The Messiah]

We should invite president of vietnam in august for independence day

and annouce on same day that deal has been signed to give them bhramos.

 

[Godless-Kafir]

Just random AFAIK.

Lets invite Israeli prime minister next time and piss everyone off around us

Its amazing why we have not invited an Israeli PM yet. Comgress party never had the balls to do anything controversial, i think we must invite USA and Israel leaders once but the timeing now is bad because of Iran crisis.

 

[Godless-Kafir]

What more criteria do you need than a gracious face to grace a gracious occasion ?

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