Google on Friday dedicated its doodle to mark 69th year of India's Republic Day. On this day in 1950, India solidified its sovereignty by putting into effect the Constitution of India, a governing document that took nearly three years of careful deliberation to finalise, and whose eventual enactment was joyfully celebrated across the country. The first Republic Day was commemorated with a grand parade at the Rajpath, a tradition that continues to the present day.