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Detailed explanation-1: -President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, will pay a state visit to India from the 24th to the 26th of this month. President Sisi will be the Chief Guest on India’s 74th Republic Day. He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including five Ministers and senior officials.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1952, 1953 and 1966, the Republic Day celebrations were held without a foreign leader as chief guest. In 2021, the then British prime minister Boris Johnson was invited as the chief guest but his visit had to be cancelled due to the rising COVID-19 cases in Britain.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Sisi, who is on his second State Visit to India, will also be the Chief Guest on India’s 74th Republic Day. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has extended warm welcome to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Detailed explanation-4: -The republic day 2022 chief guest for this event was the President of India Ram Nath Kovind and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. The 73rd Republic day 2022 parades have been a part of the national celebrations in India since 1950.