Republic Day | Best Google doodles over the years

Google has acquired the reputation of marking numerous festivals, birthdays, and historic occasions via its doodles, and Republic Day is no exception to this. Here, we take a look at some of the Google doodles for Republic Day over the years...

Celebrating India's 74th Republic Day, this year's Google doodle depicted elements of the R-Day parade, in addition to artwork featuring the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the India Gate, the armed marching contingent, and motorcycle riders. It was made by Gujarat-based artist Parth Kothekar. Credit: Google Photo

Marking India's 73rd Republic Day, Google came up with a vibrant doodle depicting elephants, camels, and various other elements from the annual January 26 ceremonial parade on Rajpath. Credit: Google Photo

Google paid a tribute to India’s art and architecture, cultural, and sartorial heritage with a colourful doodle on the 72nd Republic Day. The artwork showcased beautiful old buildings in the backdrop in a light saffron hue with people in the front in a green shade, in a nod to the Tricolour. Credit: Google Photo

Google dedicated a special doodle to mark the 71st Republic Day, which captured the country's vibrant diversity, cultural heritage and its biodiversity. The multi-hued doodle, with a dominant blue tone, shows iconic monuments interspersed with images of famous music instruments and dance forms. Credit: Google Photo

In 2019, Google celebrated India’s 70th Republic Day with a beautiful doodle depicting the grand Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Qutb Minar in Delhi. Credit: Google Photo

Google commemorated India's 69th Republic Day with a doodle that highlighted India’s rich culture and love for art. Credit: Google Photo

In 2017, artist Reshidev RK recreated the colourful Republic Day celebrations with the iconic parade. The doodle, with the Rashtrapati Bhawan in the background, showed India's heritage and architecture on its 70th Republic Day. Credit: Google Photo

Artist Robinson Wood created a Google doodle to mark the Republic Day in 2016. The doodle showed a colourful set of guards and musicians, all sitting tall atop proudly-strutting camels. Credit: Google Photo

The 66th Republic Day doodle featured a tableau showcasing the India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhavan, two New Delhi landmarks that are symbolic of the Republic of India. Credit: Google Photo

The 65th Republic Day Google doodle had Border Security Force (BSF) daredevils in the Tricolour performing a balancing act. Credit: Google Photo

The 64th Republic Day Google doodle depicted India's national animal, the tiger. Credit: Google Photo

On the 63rd Republic Day, the Google doodle showed National Bravery Award-winning children riding on the backs of decorated elephants, quite like the actual parade on Rajpath, New Delhi. Credit: Google Photo

The 62nd Republic Day Google doodle depicted Republic Day action in the air with fighter aircraft decorating the sky with the Tricolour. Credit: Google Photo