Independence Day 2020: Twitter launches emoji to honour the Indian Armed Forces

India will celebrate its 74th Independence Day on Saturday, August 15. Independence Day is observed every year on August 15 to commemorate the day on which India won its independence from British rule in the year 1947. 

Microblogging website Twitter on Friday unveiled a specially designed emoji to honour the Indian Armed Forces, which is a depiction of the National War Memorial. The design of the emoji represents the innermost structure of the Memorial, called the 'Amar Chakra' or the 'Circle of Immortality'.

The emoji will be live until 18th August and will be available in English and many languages, such as Hindi, Tamil, Urdu, Kannada, Punjabi, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali, Telugu, Gujarati, and Oriya.

"We hope this emoji will not only add to the Independence Day celebrations but will also encourage Indians across the world to learn more about and pay respects to the lives of India's brave soldiers," Mahima Kaul, Director, Public Policy, India and South Asia, Twitter said in a statement.