Clinton was 1st US Prez to be invited for R'day parade

January 24, 2015 23:25

Barack Obama may be the first US President to attend the Republic Day parade but he is not the first American leader to be invited for this event, according to a former Indian diplomat.

Former Foreign Secretary K Srinivasan said today the then President Bill Clinton was invited for the Republic Day parade on behalf of then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao in 1994 but he declined as he was not willing to change the timing of his State of the Union address.

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