Google marks Pakistan's Independence Day with doodle
Google has honoured the 75th Independence Day of Pakistan by dedicating a doodle on its homepage.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The tech giant Google, has once again honoured the Pakistani nation on 75th Independence Day of Pakistan by dedicating a doodle on its homepage.
This is not the first time that Google has featured a doodle for any Pakistani event, last year on 14th August as well, Google dedicated its doodle to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day.
The tech giant Google has also celebrated the birthdays of legendary musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and Shehenshah-e Ghazl Mehdi Hassan with its doodles.
Google had also paid rich tribute to Pakistan’s most prominent and prolific artist Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi with doodle on his 87th birth anniversary.
Seventy-four years ago today (15 August), Pakistan achieved independence. Today’s Doodle celebrates Pakistan Independence Day, a public holiday commemorating the day on which the nation became a sovereign republic. Pakistanis across the subcontinent join to celebrate their freedom and honor the centuries of history that comprise its cultural foundation.
In honor of this historic day, today’s Doodle artwork depicts the medieval Derawar Fort, a massive square edifice with a symmetrical perimeter of 40 massive circular bastions built in the 9th century. Located in the vast expanse of western Pakistan’s Cholistan Desert, each of these ancient stone fortresses rises nearly 100 feet from the sand and comprise an imposing symbol of Pakistani adaptability and antiquity.
The Mughal-style forts once facilitated trade and transportation in a largely inhospitable environment. The forts served as critical infrastructure for both the protection and nourishment of desert caravans on their journeys across Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. In 2019, the provincial Pakistani government announced a conservation initiative to protect this landmark from being lost to the sands of time.
