The French Army will be participating in the Republic day parade this year .It would be first time in the history of India that a foreign country's contingent will participate in the parade which will be held on 26th January 2016 . The French contingent is already in India for a joint military exercise .
The French President Francois Hollande will be the chief guest at the republic day function. India and France have always shared a robust friendship . Significantly , France was the first country with which India established a strategic partnership in 1998 after New Delhi did the nuclear tests .
This will be the fifth time that a France president will be a chief guest at India's Republic Day parade , the maximum number from any country so far .
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