--- title: Google Doodle: Malaysia Celebrates 60th National Day description: Google celebrates Malaysia's 60th National Day — a date known in Malay as Hari Merdeka, or the day of liberation — with a new doodle canonical: https://time.com/4922764/google-doodle-malaysia-national-day/ author: Kevin Lui article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-31T06:15:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:56.745Z og:title: Google Doodle Celebrates Malaysia's 60th Independence Day og:description: Hari Merdeka, as it is known in Malay, is a day for vibrant festivities og:url: https://time.com/4922764/google-doodle-malaysia-national-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt984d9a68a533c859/6988dbec0b72e3c2c06ef3c3/malaysia-national-day-2017-4835430515081216-2-2xa.gif?branch=production&width=711&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 711 og:image:height: 400 og:image:alt: malaysia-national-day-2017-4835430515081216.2-2xa og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Google Doodle Celebrates Malaysia's 60th Independence Day twitter:description: Hari Merdeka, as it is known in Malay, is a day for vibrant festivities twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt984d9a68a533c859/6988dbec0b72e3c2c06ef3c3/malaysia-national-day-2017-4835430515081216-2-2xa.gif?branch=production&width=711&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Google Doodle Celebrates 60 Years of Malaysian Independence > Sponsored content. 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While the Malaysia of today, which counts other nearby states within its borders, was later formed in 1963, the date of independence remains a fundamentally important holiday for many. 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