Republic Day 2020: Twitter India launches Tricolor India Gate emoji

The 71st Republic Day of India is tomorrow and Indians all over the globe are gearing up to celebrate this day and to mark this momentous occasion ahead of Sunday, Twitter India has launched a custom emoji, called the ‘Tricolor India Gate.’

Mahima Kaul (@misskaul), Director, Public Policy, India and South Asia, Twitter India, said in a statement,“We believe that the 2020 Republic Day emoji will resonate with Indians across languages, cultures and time zones, giving them yet another reason, and way to celebrate and participate in public conversation.”

The emoji will feature the India Gate lit in Saffron, White and Green colors. The users will automatically be able to see the custom-made emoji after they type #RepublicDay, #RepublicDayIndia or #RDay71. The emoji will be available in English and ten other Indian languages that include Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Urdu, and Gurmukhi.

Twitter also mentioned that the Office of the Honourable President of India Shri Ramnath Kovind (@rashtrapatibhvn) would be tweeting with the emoji on January 25, 2020, during his address to the nation.

This will be the fifth year Twitter will be extending its support to this special day in India with a custom emoji. Not only that, but Twitter also supports Independence Day, Diwali, Republic Day, Gandhi Jayanti among other important and events, with unique emojis that are designed keeping Indian culture and sentiment in mind.

This emoji will be live till January 30, 2020.

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