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Have you ever wondered... : How India Chooses its Chief Guest For National Occasions?

<p>Every year when India celebrates its Republic day and Independence day in the National Capital Delhi, There is a special guest who appears every time on these national occasions. But have you ever given thought to the process behind choosing the Chief Guest for these 2 special national Occasions? We will help you with it…Talking about today, On the occasion of 74th Republic day of India, Chief guest on this occasion is the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. El-Sisi is in India on a four-day state visit. He will attend the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on Thursday. He is the first top Egyptian leader to be invited as India’s Republic Day chief guest.Prior to Knowing why is he the Chief Guest for the celebration of 26th January, let’s Know a bit about the President of Egypt : Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was the military chief and defense minister prior to being the President of his country, after which he succeeded the Democratically elected then President of his county</p>

By mediology 03:40 PM Jan 26, 2023 IST

Every year when India celebrates its Republic day and Independence day in the National Capital Delhi, There is a special guest who appears every time on these national occasions. But have you ever given thought to the process behind choosing the Chief Guest for these 2 special national Occasions? We will help you with it…

Talking about today, On the occasion of 74th Republic day of India, Chief guest on this occasion is the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. El-Sisi is in India on a four-day state visit. He will attend the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on Thursday. He is the first top Egyptian leader to be invited as India’s Republic Day chief guest.

Prior to Knowing why is he the Chief Guest for the celebration of 26th January, let’s Know a bit about the President of Egypt :

Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was the military chief and defense minister prior to being the President of his country, after which he succeeded the Democratically elected then President of his county and became the President of Egypt. So far, his government has received mixed responses as his critics are concerned regarding Egypt’s current economic distress and violent stifling of opposition voices.

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How India chooses its Chief Guest for national Occasion?

As there is a lot that goes behind the selection of the Chief Guest, the process starts nearly six months in advance of the event.

Ambassador Manbir Singh had earlier told that all kinds of considerations are taken into account by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) before extending the invitation.

The most central consideration is the nature of the relationship between India and the country concerned. Invitation to be the Chief Guest of the Republic day parade is the ultimate sign of friendship between India and the country of the invitee. Political, commercial, military, and economic interests of India are crucial drivers of the decision, with MEA seeking to use the occasion to strengthen ties with the country of the invitee in all these respects.

Another factor that has historically played a role in the choice of the Chief Guest is the association with the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) which began in the late 1950s, and early 1960s. The NAM was an international political movement of newly decolonized nations to stay out of the squabbles of the Cold War and support each other in their nation-building journeys. The first Chief Guest of the parade in 1950 was President Sukarno of Indonesia, one of the five founding members of the NAM alongside Nasser (Egypt), Nkrumah (Ghana), Tito (Yugoslavia) and Nehru (India).

El-Sisi’s arrival in India as the Republic Day’s Chief Guest invokes the history of the NAM and the close relationship India and Egypt have shared for 75 years.

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