Google commemorates Nehru's historic speech with a doodle on Independence Day

One thing that has become synonymous with any celebration or significant event for netizens is the Google doodle which makes the celebrations even more memorable.

Today India is celebrating Independence Day, and as always Google decided to bring back memories of the freedom struggle. It created a doodle which describes Jawaharlal Nehru’s historic speech on the eve of Independence.

The speech signifies the end of a century long movement for independence, and the efforts of countless people who tirelessly worked to free India from British imperialism.

Jawaharlal Nehru said before the Constituent Assembly that, “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now that time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of today’s midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”

Google has been creating doodles about the national bird peacock, different versions of the tricolour and postage stamps on Independence Day for the past several years. It also had a doodle with landmarks from the ruins of Mohenjodaro on Pakistan’s Independence Day on August 14th.