--- title: New Google Doodle Celebrates India's Republic Day description: Google's new Doodle marks the day when India finally achieved full independence, becoming a republic of its own canonical: https://time.com/4649714/new-google-doodle-celebrates-indias-republic-day/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-26T02:20:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:28.464Z og:title: New Google Doodle Celebrates India's Republic Day og:description: Jan. 26, 1950, was the day when the Indian constitution came into effect og:url: https://time.com/4649714/new-google-doodle-celebrates-indias-republic-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt107b3bfd03b37b0e/6988b74a428a9e919ecd59fc/indias-republic-day-2017-5659980920258560-hp2x.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: indias-republic-day-2017-5659980920258560-hp2x og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Google Doodle Celebrates India's Republic Day twitter:description: Jan. 26, 1950, was the day when the Indian constitution came into effect twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt107b3bfd03b37b0e/6988b74a428a9e919ecd59fc/indias-republic-day-2017-5659980920258560-hp2x.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Google Doodle Celebrates India's Republic Day by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 26, 2017 2:20 AM UTC  Google by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 26, 2017 2:20 AM UTC As India celebrates its 68th Republic Day, Google is [putting up](https://www.google.com/doodles/india-republic-day-2017) a new Doodle in the country today to mark the occasion. First gaining independence from British colonial rule on Aug. 15, 1947 — the date is celebrated as Independence Day — India achieved Purna Swaraj (complete self-rule) on Jan. 26, 1950, when the Indian constitution came into effect, turning it into a republic. Every year on this day, a [large parade](http://time.com/3682118/obama-modi-india-republic-day-parade/) takes place in the capital New Delhi, along the city’s Rajpath (King’s Way), while celebrations consisting of music and parades also take place across state capitals. The country’s President also addresses the country, and gives out decorations for acts of valor and excellence to service members and citizens alike. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4649714/new-google-doodle-celebrates-indias-republic-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4649714/new-google-doodle-celebrates-indias-republic-day/"},"headline":"New Google Doodle Celebrates India's Republic Day","datePublished":"2017-01-26T02:20:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:28.464Z","description":"Jan. 26, 1950, was the day when the Indian constitution came into effect","url":"https://time.com/4649714/new-google-doodle-celebrates-indias-republic-day/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","India","Google Doodle","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt107b3bfd03b37b0e/6988b74a428a9e919ecd59fc/indias-republic-day-2017-5659980920258560-hp2x.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt107b3bfd03b37b0e/6988b74a428a9e919ecd59fc/indias-republic-day-2017-5659980920258560-hp2x.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"indias-republic-day-2017-5659980920258560-hp2x","caption":"","creditText":"Google","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4649714/new-google-doodle-celebrates-indias-republic-day/","name":"New Google Doodle Celebrates India's Republic Day"}}]}] ```