Q101
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Who was the Chief Guest of Republic Day, 2021 in India?
- a.President of Sri Lanka
- b.PM of Bangladesh
- c.King of Bhutan
- d.None of them
Answer: (D) None of them
There was no chief guest at the 2021 Republic Day parade: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had accepted the invitation but cancelled because of the COVID-19 surge in Britain - the first Republic Day without a chief guest since 1966. A 122-member contingent of the Bangladesh armed forces marched in the parade to mark 50 years of the 1971 Liberation War, which makes option (B) tempting. Chief guests around it: 2020 - Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil); 2022 - none; 2023 - Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (Egypt); 2024 - Emmanuel Macron (France); 2025 - Prabowo Subianto (Indonesia).