How Google Doodles Captured India’s Independence Day Over the Years Since 2014

As we celebrate Independence Day today, here’s a look at Google Doodles on August 15 since 2014.

2023: Internet giant Google celebrate India's Independence Day 2023 with this Doodle illustrated by New Delhi-based guest artist Namrata Kumar. It celebrates India's textiles and their profound connection to the nation's identity. (Screengrab: Google.com)

2022: This year’s Google Doodle celebrates India’s 75th Independence Day with the culture around kites - from the craft of creating bright beautiful kites to the cheerful experience of a community coming together. It is illustrated by Kerala-based guest artist Neethi. (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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)