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Google Doodle Celebrates - India Independence Day | 15 August Today's Doodle is a celebration of India's Independence Day. It was drawn by Namrata Kumar, a guest artist from New Delhi. On this day in 1947, India got rid of British rule and started a new era.  A ceremony is held every year at Red Fort in Delhi, where the Prime Minister is present, to mark the first day of freedom. People sing the national anthem and honor the people who led the fight for freedom. Movies about freedom fighters are shown on TV, and in schools and neighborhoods, children take part in plays and games as part of cultural events. Many people choose to spend this holiday with their families, friends, and neighbors. Flying kites on Independence Day has been a custom for a long time, so don't forget to look up and spot a few tricolor kites flying high in the sky. Happy Independence Day to all my fellow citizens! Jai Hind

Google Doodle Celebrates - Isabelle Gatti de Gamond's 184th Birthday | 28 July Today's Doodle honours Isabelle Gatti de Gamond, a Belgian teacher who was born 184 years ago. People think of her as one of the first feminists in Belgium, and she started the first secondary school for women in the country.  On this day in 1839, Gatti de Gamond was born in Paris. When she was five, her family moved to Brussels. After her mother died in 1854, de Gamond started looking for work to help support her family. She was a private teacher for a Polish noble family, which led her to study Ancient Greek, Latin, and philosophy.  When Gatti de Gamond went back to Brussels, she took classes paid for by the government and thought about how she could help more women go to school. She started the journal Women's Education (L'Education de la Femme) to share her ideas with the world.  In 1864, Gatti de Gamond worked with the city council to start Cours d'Éducation pour jeunes filles, which...

Google Doodle Celebrates - 2023 Women's World Cup - Opening Day! Today’s Doodle celebrates the opening day of the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Every four years, teams from around the world face off in hopes of qualifying for the international tournament, but only 32 get the chance to compete for the trophy. This year’s World Cup is the 9th ever, and the first hosted by Oceanic nations Australia and New Zealand. Good luck to all the national teams competing. The world is watching with flags in their hands and hope in their hearts!

Google Doodle Celebrates - Arthur Friedenreich's 131st Birthday | 18-July Today's Doodle honors Arthur Friedenreich, who was the first Black person to play professional soccer in Brazil. On this day in 1892, his parents, a German immigrant father and an Afro-Brazilian mother, gave birth to him in So Paulo. Friedenreich was born in Brazil just four years after slavery ended there. At that time, only White people could play football. His White father, who knew someone in a soccer club for German refugees, was the only reason he was able to play. Friedenreich played his first football game for SC Germania when he was 17. His quick dribbling impressed the crowds right away. Once he had proven himself as a good player, he was able to switch football teams and get better at each one. In just four seasons, he scored 16 goals and was the top scorer in the So Paulo league. He went on to be the top scorer in the Liga Paulista seven more times.  In 1914, he joined the Seleco, which is the...

Google Doodle Celebrates - Eunice Newton Foote's 204th Birthday | 17 July In today's Doodle, a slideshow honor's Eunice Newton Foote, an American scientist and campaigner for women's rights who was born 204 years ago. Foote was the first person to find out about the greenhouse effect and how it causes the Earth's temperature to warm. Use today's Doodle to find out how Foote made his scientific finding!  Foote was born in Connecticut on this day in 1819. She went to the Troy Female Seminary, which was a school where students were urged to go to science lectures and chemistry labs. Foote was interested in science for the rest of her life, but she also worked for women's rights. In 1848, Foote went to Seneca Falls to take part in the first Women's Rights Convention. She was the fifth person to sign the Declaration of Sentiments, which called for social and legal equality for women.  At this time, most scientists didn't want to work with women. Foote did...

Google Doodle Celebrates - Asma Hamza -  winners of the Laylat AlQadr AlKubra Asma Hamza, a musician and oud player from Sudan, is honored by today's Doodle. Asma was one of the winners of the Laylat AlQadr AlKubra song competition in Sudan on this day in 1997. This win was a turning point in her career and helped her stand out in an area where men were more common.  Asma was born in 1932. When she was young, she loved music and dreamed of becoming a singer. Her vocal cords, on the other hand, weren't made for that, so she moved from singing to whistling tunes. When her father heard her whistling in tune, he borrowed an oud, which is like a lute but has a thinner neck and no frets, so Asma could practice.  She learned herself how to play the oud by remembering songs she had heard and by listening to music. Her father was one of the few people who supported her music business from the start. At that time, it was not publicly acceptable for women in Sudan to make music, so ...