Correct option is A
The correct answer is (a) 2021 and 2022.
· There were no chief guests at the Republic Day celebrations of India in 2021 and 2022.
· While India has invited foreign dignitaries as chief guests to most Republic Day celebrations since 1950, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted this tradition for two consecutive years.
· This is the fourth times that India will not host a Head of Government or Head of State during the Republic Day parade in Delhi. Foreign leaders have graced the Republic Day parades every year barring 1952, 1953 and 1966.
· Ahmed Sukarno: The Chief Guest Of The First Ever Republic Day Parade In 1950.
· Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, was the chief guest for the Republic Day parade in 2020.
· Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa, was the chief guest for the Republic Day parade in 2019.
· Republic day parade 2023 Chief Guest Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi