As Google celebrates pani-puri, a recap of some Indian-based doodles that caught the eye
Jul 12, 2023
Google Doodle
Google is celebrating India’s favourite snack, the pani puri, by putting out a clickable doodle game. We take a walk down memory lane and pick out 10 other India-based doodles that have stuck with us.
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An ode to India’s favourite snack
A Google Doodle – marked by a tweak in the Google logo – has become an integral part of modern life as it celebrates cultures, holidays, major historic dates etc. from across the world. Google has dedicated its July 12 doodle to India’s favourite snack, the pani puri, also known as gol gappa and puchka.
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45th Anniversary of the Chipko Movement
March 26, 2018: Google Doodle celebrated the nonviolent, grassroots resistance that served as the inspiration for future environmental movements and stood out for being an eco-feminist movement.
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Kamala Sohonie’s 112th birthday
June 18, 2023: Google Doodle marked the 112th birthday of Indian biochemist Dr. Kamala Sohonie. She was the first Indian woman to achieve a Ph.D in a scientific field during a time when Indian women were conspicuously underrepresented in scientific disciplines.
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India Elections 2019
Google Doodle has created a doodle that incorporates the ink on the index finger that is a mark of one having voted in Indian elections. This doodle was used multiple times during the multi-phase elections in India in 2019.
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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’s 115th birthday
April 3, 2018 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was a freedom fighter, art enthusiast, social activist, actor, youth leader, and forward-thinking women’s movement organiser, whose life was celebrated by Google on April 3, 2018 with a vibrant doodle that captured the key facets of Chattopadhyay’s life.
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160th Anniversary of the first passenger train
April 16, 2013: Google Doodle honoured the 160th anniversary of India’s first passenger train on April 16, 2013.
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Dadasaheb Phalke’s 148th birthday
April 30, 2018 :The father of Indian cinema was celebrated with a doodle that showed a young Dadasaheb in action as he went about directing the first few gems in the history of Indian cinema.
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Cornelia Sorabji’s 151st birthday
November 15, 2017: Cornelia Sorabji overcame numerous obstacles to become India’s first female lawyer. A Doodle depicting Sorabji in front of the Allahabad High Court, to which she was eventually admitted, was posted on this day.
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Pandit Ravi Shankar’s 96th birthday
April 7, 2016: Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, who evangelised the use of Indian instruments in Western music, was celebrated by Google Doodle The centrepiece of the doodle was a sitar.
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