IN PICS: Google Doodles Over The Years On India's Independence Day
Independence Day 2022: Over the last decade, Google has used different illustrations to commemorate India’s Independence Day. Here’s a look at doodles by American tech giant from 2011 to 2022
2011: Google doodle featured the iconic monument of Red Fort situated in the Old Delhi region to mark the Independence Day. Red fort is where the day is officially celebrated by the government as the Prime Minister delivers his speech from the Mughal-era building. (Image: google.com)
2012: A year later, Google celebrated the independence day of India with a digital illustration of the country’s national bird, peacock. The bird was seen flaunting its vibrant feathers across the Google branding as its head and neck curved to form the initials of the search engine. (Image: google.com)
2013: To mark the 66th independence day of India, Google turned its doodle into the tricolour. The letters of Google turned into saffron, white and green as the cursive typeface reminded netizens of the occasion. (Image: google.com)
2014: The 67th independence day of India was marked by Google in a philatelic way. The Google doodle featured a postal stamp of the country that featured the tricolour and an accompanying stamp that read 15 August 1947. (Image: google.com)
2015: Mahatma Gandhi made his appearance in a digital illustration as Google Doodle. Illustrated by Leon Hong, the artwork drew inspiration for the Salt March or the Dandi March of 1930, which served as the impetus of the Civil Disobedience Movement. (Image: google.com)
2016: Google reimagined the historic speech delivered by India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in its doodle. Doodle depicted the speech’s historic delivery in the Parliament House before the Indian Constituent Assembly at midnight of August 15, 1947. (Image: google.com)
2017: Mumbai-based artist Sabeena Karnik used a unique paper-cut art style to create a Doodle. The doodle featured the Parliament House of the country. (Image: google.com)
2018: A riot of colour and a glimpse of Indian culture, was the running motifs of the Google doodle for the year 2018. The digital illustration was inspired by the truck art of India as it included images of iconic colorful plant life and mighty animals. (Image: google.com)
2019: India-born, Copenhagen-based guest artist Shaivalini Kumar designed the Google doodle of this year. The Doodle displayed the traditional motifs from Indian textiles which depicted the complex yet harmonious “patchwork” of Indian culture, described Google. (Image: google.com)
2020: Mumbai-based Sachin Ghanekar designed the Google Doodle in 2020. It featured several Indian folk instruments, including the tutari, shehnai, dhol, veena, sarangi and bansuri. Netizens could also spot the double-reeded shehnai and the stringed sarangi, some of the instruments that make up India’s rich musical culture, dating back over 6,000 years. (Image: google.com)
2021: Google dedicated a Doodle inspired by country’s cultural traditions forged in centuries of historical progress. The Doodle was illustrated by Kolkata -based artist Sayan Mukherjee. Google wrote: “At the stroke of midnight on this day in 1947, India’s decades-long movement for independence culminated as the nation became a sovereign republic.” (Image: google.com)
