Pingali Venkayya , born in a small Andhra village, designed the tricolour that became India’s national flag. A freedom fighter, scholar and visionary, he researched dozens of global flags before presenting his design to Gandhi in 1921. Pingali Venkayya , a freedom fighter and staunch Gandhian, was the first to draw up a rudimentary design of the national flag in 1921. Today, the Centre is honouring him by releasing a postage stamp on his 146th birth anniversary पिंगली वेंकैया का जीवन हमें सिखाता है कि सच्ची देशभक्ति केवल भव्य कार्यों में ही नहीं, बल्कि नन्हे-नन्हे समर्पणों में भी प्रकट होती है। उन्होंने कभी यश या सम्मान की लालसा नहीं की; उनका ... O n India’s 75th year of Independence, who do we thank? It is Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876 – 4 July 1963), who designed the Swaraj Flag, later modified into the Tricolour Flag of India. He painted India with the vibrant colours of saffron, white and green on the canvas of courage, sacrifice, patriotism, and renunciation. Multi-faceted Pingali was a lecturer, author, geologist, educationalist, agriculturist, polyglot, teacher, linguist, freedom fighter, staunch Gandhian and devoted ...
