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President Sukarno of Indonesia was Guest of Honour at the first Republic Day in 1950
From: V Kumara Swamy, January 24, 2021: The Times of India

1960 USSR President K. Voroshilov was chief guest of RD1960

India had an unlikely R-Day guest in 1955 – Pakistan’s Governor General Malik Ghulam Mohammed
From: V Kumara Swamy, January 24, 2021: The Times of India

1961: Queen Elizabeth II of the UK was the Guest of Honour at the Republic Day parade. Dr Rajendra Prasad was the President of India.

Queen Elizabeth II is received by PM Jawaharlal Nehru at Rajpath on Jan 26, 1961
From: V Kumara Swamy, January 24, 2021: The Times of India

1963: King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia was the Guest of Honour at the Republic Day parade. Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the President of India.

1968: President JB Tito of Yugoslavia was the Guest of Honour at the Republic Day parade. Dr Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) was the President of India.