QUETTA: Google keeps creating interesting doodles for various cultural and social events around the world. A new doodle has also emerged on the night between Sunday (August 13) and Monday (August 14), marking the 73rd anniversary of Pakistan’s independence. Usually a doodle reflects the culture and traditions of a country and this time Google has made the Khojak Tunnel part of its doodle on Pakistan’s Independence Day. You may have seen it on the back of the old Rs. 5 note (which is now closed). Google is written in the green square box below. There is a town called Sheila Bagh in front of the Khojak Tunnel, 113 km west of Quetta. During the Great Game between Britain and Russia, both powers wanted to expand their power in Central Asia and seize the region’s natural resources. In the late 19th century, the British Raj in India began to worry about Russia’s expanding power in Central Asia. Fearing that the Russians might enter the region from Afghanistan via Kandahar, the British decided to build a network of railway tracks to Kandahar so that they could send troops there to counter Russian forces. To that end, the British had to bypass the … Continue reading Google Doodle promoting Independence Day for many years