Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya also known as Sir MV was a great Indian engineer, scholar, statesman, and the 19th Diwan of Mysore, who served from 1912 to 1918. Google Doodle celebrates Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya’s 158th Birthday Sir MV received India’s highest honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was knighted as a[Read More…]
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Teacher’s Day 2018: Google celebrates with an animated doodle
September 5, the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, is celebrated as Teacher’s Day in India to commemorate the contributions of our gurus and elders towards our holistic development. On this day, students give greeting cards and gifts to their teachers. Students express their love and respect towards teachers in their[Read More…]
Google Doodle celebrates German painter Oskar Schlemmer’s 130th Birthday
Google Doodle is celebrating the 130th birth anniversary of German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer Oskar Schlemmer. He was associated with the Bauhaus school of art and is most vividly remembered for his “Triadisches Ballet” where the performers are seen converting into geometrical figurines from normal beings. His ideas were complex and hard to decipher. He infamously rejected the absolute abstract and[Read More…]
Google Doodle honors eminent Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai
Google Doodle honoured the celebrated author Ismat Chughtai on her birth anniversary, one of the most powerful voices in Urdu literature of the 20th century, was known for her free and fearless explorations of feminine sexuality and middle-class morality in her writing, and for the fierce determination with which she defended her[Read More…]
Google Doodle honours India’s first US-trained female doctor
Mumbai: Google on Saturday created a special Doodle to mark the 153rd birth anniversary of Thane-born Anandi Gopal Joshi, regarded as India’s first US-trained female medico. The Goodle, designed by Kashmira Sarode of Bengaluru, depicts a young sari-clad Anandi, with a heavy Maharashtrian nose-ring and a prominent bindi. She is seen[Read More…]
Google Doodle pays tribute to Mahasweta Devi on her 92nd birth anniversary
Search engine Google on Sunday dedicated its doodle to noted author and social activist Mahasweta Devi on her 92nd birth anniversary. Born on January 14, 1926 in Dhaka in present day Bangladesh, Mahasweta Devi was a Bengali fiction writer who was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahitya[Read More…]
Google honours Urdu writer Abdul Qavi Desnavi with a doodle
Known for his huge contribution towards the enrichment of Urdu language, Abdul Qavi Desnavi was honoured by search engine Google with a doodle on his 87th birth anniversary on Wednesday. The doodle showed Desnavi sitting in the middle and writing. The letters of the search engine were also given a[Read More…]
Google honours Asima Chatterjee, first female chemist in India on 100th birthday
Google Doodle on Saturday celebrates the 100th birthday of Asima Chatterjee, a noted Indian chemist. She was the first female Doctorate of Science in India from an Indian University. Born on 23 September, 1917, Asima has contributed immensely to the research of vinca alkaloids and the growth of anti-epileptic and[Read More…]
Google Doodle celebrates 88th birthday of revered Kannada actor Rajkumar
Google Doodle marks the 88th birthday of late Kannada actor Rajkumar on Monday. Born on 24 April, 1929, as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju in Gajanur, he was also lovingly called Appaji, among several other nicknames. The Kannada icon used the screen name Rajkumar. The Google Doodle on Rajkumar is lively presenting[Read More…]
Google doodle pays tribute to Savitribai Phule; 10 things you must know about her
Google doodle honored social reformer Savitribai Phule on the occasion of her 186th birth anniversary on Tuesday. Savitribai was the first woman teacher of the first women’s school in India. The woman, who breaks many stereotypes, was also a pioneer in modern Marathi poetry. Together with her husband Jyotirao Phule,[Read More…]