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First time in 55 years possibility of no chief guest on Republic Day
Last time the parade did not have chief guest was in 1966 when Indira Gandhi was sworn in as PM on January 24 after the demise of Lal Bahadur Shastri. (Image Source: Twitter/@BorisJohnson
Updated: Jan 13, 2021, 06:32 AM IST
Weeks ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, with the cancellation of the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson s visit, it may be the first time in 55 years that India is unlikely to have any chief guest for the Republic Day parade. Boris Johnson s decision comes amid the spread of the new, more contagious mutant strain of the novel coronavirus.