Twitter special I Day emoji added new colours to the 70th Independence Day
New Delhi, August 18, 2016: India entered its 70th year of Independence yesterday amidst wishes flowing in from all parts of the world. Indians took to Twitter to express the love for their country, customised Twitter emoji added to the celebrations. The tri-colour emoji featuring the map of India, went live a day prior to the Independence Day, i.e. 14th August 2016 at 6:30 PM IST is available till 6:30 AM, 17th August 2016. Prime Minister Mr.Modi (@narendramodi) utilised the emoji a number of times through the day to wish his fellow country men.
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/764982482491944960
Indians across the world participated in Independence Day conversations by using the hashtags #India #इंडिया #India At 69 #भारत #India Independence Day when composing their Tweets. Personalities across fraternities including politics, entertainment and sports, used the emoji and joined in the celebrations on Twitter. & TV (@ANDTVOfficial) presented a beautiful depiction of the emoji with children from their popular singing reality show Voice India Kids singing the national anthem. New York City’s Chief Digital Officer (@Sree) who was in the city for a digital media tour with Twitter also loved the emoji’s.
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/sree/status/765129863346913281
Embeddable Tweet:https://twitter.com/akshaykumar/status/765028155799117824
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/M_Lekhi/status/765226605316890624
Embeddable Tweet:https://twitter.com/rsprasad/status/765013573902884865
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/TwitterIndia/status/765009284929294336
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/iKabirBedi/status/765190043946389504
This is the second Independence Day emoji launched by Twitter, previously Twitter launched the first Indian flag emoji to mark the country’s 69th Independence Day. Twitter continues to celebrate Indian culture with special Twitter emojis for Independence Day, Diwali, Republic Day, among other key milestones and events for Indians across the world. Twitter emojis are a delightful way to bring together people to celebrate cultural moments The Independence Day emoji yet again gave users a fun way to Tweet, share and celebrate the historic day and express love for their country with live conversations.
Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)
