Republic Day 2022 Guest: No Foreign Chief Guest this year due to COVID

Republic Day 2022 Chief Guest: India had invited the heads of all five central Asian nations to be the Chief Guests at the Republic Day celebrations on January 26. The plans have been cancelled due to the third wave of COVID-19. 

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