Tag: doodle

Google celebrates India’s 74th Republic Day with Doodle containing elements of parade

Many elements of the Republic Day parade are represented in the artwork including the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the India Gate, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) marching contingent, and motorcycle riders.

January 26, 2023

76th Independence Day: Google Doodle with kites symbolizes great heights achieved by India in 75 years

Independence Day 2022 Doodle "depicts the culture around kites - from the craft of creating bright beautiful kites to the cheerful experience of a community coming together."

August 15, 2022

Google honours Georges Lemaitre, the Belgian cosmologist, physicist and priest behind Big Bang theory

In 1927, Lemaitre propounded for the first time ever that universe is constantly expanding, which proved to be a premise to the Big Bang theory.

July 17, 2018

Google Doodle honours Danish chemist SPL Sorensen, creator of pH scale

The Google Doodle allows users to see for themselves the pH value of different food items, including tomatoes and eggs in a scale of 1 to 14.

May 29, 2018

Google remembers Anandibai Joshi, India’s first female doctor, with a doodle

Google on Saturday, 31 March, commemorated the 153rd birth anniversary of India’s first female doctor Anandi Gopal Joshi with a doodle.

March 31, 2018

Google celebrates Gabriel Garcia Marquez with a doodle

Google on Tuesday celebrated the 91st birth anniversary of Columbian novelist and Nobel laureate late Gabriel Garcia Marquez with a doodle. Affectionately known as Gabo, Marquez is considered as one of the significant authors of the 20th century. He was also a famed short-story writer, screenwriter and a journalist. He won the Nobel Prize for...

March 6, 2018

Valentine’s Day: Google doodles with Valentine’s twist

Google’s Snow Games Doodle on Day six came up with a Valentine’s Day twist on Wednesday. The search engine welcomed all those who were celebrating the day which is recognised as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and romantic love in many regions around the world. The Doodle’s reach was almost to...

February 14, 2018

Google India honours poet Kamala Das legacy with doodle

Google India on Thursday celebrated the work and life of author poet Kamala Das by releasing a doodle, coincided with the anniversary of the publication of her autobiography ‘My Story’, which was originally published in 1976. Kamala Surayya was born on 31 March 1934 in Kerala and was popularly known by her (one-time) name Madhavikutty...

February 1, 2018

Google dedicates doodle to Soviet filmmaker Eisenstein

Google dedicated a doodle to the celebrated Soviet movie director and father of montage in movie-making, Sergei Eisenstein, on his 120th birth anniversary on Monday.   It has recalled the enduring contributions of Eisenstein to the world of cinema in such a way that if you look closer, you’ll be able to see that doodle shows...

January 22, 2018

Google dedicates doodle to author-activist Mahasweta Devi

Search engine Google on Sunday dedicated its doodle to noted author and social activist Mahasweta Devi on her 92nd birth anniversary. Born on January 14, 1926 in Dhaka in present day Bangladesh, Mahasweta Devi was a Bengali fiction writer who was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award (Bengali), Jnanpith Award and Ramon...

January 14, 2018

Google dedicates doodle to singer Mohammed Rafi

On the 93rd birth anniversary of Bollywood singer Mohammed Rafi, search engine Google dedicated its doodle to the legendary musician on Sunday. The doodle shows Rafi recording in a studio, while actors are lip syncing onscreen. Born on December 24, 1924, Rafi took the Indian music industry by storm with his entry as a playback singer...

December 24, 2017

Google Doodle in honour of India’s first woman advocate Cornelia Sorabji

Search engine giant Google today paid tribute to Cornelia Sorabji, the first Indian woman student in Britain and India’s first woman lawyer, on her 151st birth anniversary with a special doodle. Sorabji, born in Maharashtra’s Nashik in 1866, is also recognised as the first woman graduate of Bombay University. Designed by illustrator Jasjyot Singh Hans,...

November 15, 2017

Google Doodle marks Cassini’s first ‘Grand Finale’ dive

As the Cassini spacecraft starts its first dive through the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings on Wednesday, Google has marked the occasion with an animated Doodle. Cassini's series of swoops between Saturn and its rings are part of the spacecraft's dramatic "Grand Finale," a daring set of orbits offering Earthlings an unprecedented look...

April 26, 2017

Google Doodle honours inventor of worldwide standard time

Google has honoured Sandford Fleming, a Canadian inventor and engineer of Scottish birth known for his invention of worldwide standard time, with a Doodle. "Today's Doodle reflects Fleming's legacy on this, the 190th anniversary of his birth," Google said in a statement on Saturday. It is widely believed that Fleming missing a train in Ireland...

January 7, 2017