UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day parade in 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly extended an invitation to his British counterpart last month.
Johnson will be the first British PM to grace the Rajpath parade in 27 years. The last UK premier to be the chief guest at the January 26 parade was John Major in 1993.
As per reports, Modi formally invited Johnson during a telephone conversation on November 27, when Johnson invited the Indian PM to the G7 summit to be held in the United Kingdom next year.