Pingali Venkayya- Architect of the Indian National Flag

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Last Updated04/08/2022

Pingali Venkayya was a fervent freedom fighter and the designer of India’s national tricolour.
To mark his 146th birth anniversary on August 2, the Central government will release a special commemorative postage stamp.

Birth Anniversary- 2nd August.
He was born on August 2, 1876, near Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
He is also known as ‘Jhanda Venkaiah’.
He was a staunch follower of Mahatma Gandhi and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based.
He designed the National Flag and presented it to Mahatma Gandhi during the latter’s visit to Vijayawada city on 1 April 1921.
He was also a linguist, geologist and writer.
He also published a book in 1916 offering thirty designs of what could make the Indian flag.

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