Republic Day in India is celebrated every year with great honour on 26th of January to honour the Constitution of India as it came into force on the same day in the year 1950. It had replaced the Government of India Act, 1935 into the governing document of India. On this day, a national holiday is declared by the Indian Government. The new Indian constitution was sketched and approved by the Indian constituent Assembly and decided to celebrate it on 26th of January every year as India became a republic country.

The Chief Guest on Republic day of India 2016 in 2016 will be the French President Francois Hollande. As per the media report, it has been confirmed that he will be the chief guest of Republic Day parade 26th of January 2016.

This is the first time in Indian history since 1950 that French contingent will participate in the Republic Day parade of India together with the Indian armed forces.

After many years (26 years later), Indian Army dogs are now back to participate in the Republic Day parade 2016 at Rajpath. Around 36 Indian Army dogs including 24 Labradors and 12 German Shepherds will take part in the parade. They are practicing since last four months and three times a day for better performance.

This is the first time in Indian history after 66 years that there will be no B.S.F.(Border Security Forces) camel contingent participation in the Republic Day parade 2016. The timing of the Republic Day parade in 2016 has been reduced by at least 15 minutes by the government. There is plan to perform 90-minute parade in 2016 instead of two hours by cutting down some marching military contingents and a number of tableaux.