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Pingali Venkayya

In this Telugu name, the surname is Pingali.

Pingali Venkayya
Venkayya on a 2009 stamp of India
Born2 August 1876/8
Bhatlapenumarru, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died4 July 1963 (aged 84 or 86)
India
Other namesDiamond Venkayya
Patti Venkayya
Known forDesign of Indian National Flag
SpouseRukminamma

Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876/8[1][2] – 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter. He was the designer of the flag on which the initial Indian National Flag was based.[3] He was also a lecturer, author, geologist, educationalist, agriculturist, and a polyglot.[4][5]

At the age of 19, Venkayya had enrolled in the British Indian Army and was deployed to South Africa during the Second Boer War (1899–1902). During the war when the soldiers had to salute the Union Jack, the national flag of Britain, Venkayya realised the need for having a flag for Indians.[6] When Venkayya attended the AICC session in 1906 in Calcutta, he was inspired to design a flag for the Indian National Congress as he opposed the idea of hoisting the British flag at Congress meetings.[2]

Various flags had been used by members of the Indian independence movement before independence was achieved in 1947. Pingali Venkayya designed the National Flag and presented it to Mahatma Gandhi during the latter's visit to Vijayawada on 1 April 1921.[7][8][9] Venkayya's first draft of the flag was in red and green — the red representing Hindus and green the Muslims living in the country. On Gandhi's suggestion, Venkayya added a white stripe to represent all other denominations and religions present in India.[6] Since 1921, Venkayya's flag has been used informally at all Congress meetings. The flag was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947.[2][6][7] Pingali venkaya studied in Hindu high school in machilipatnam Andhra Pradesh

Venkayya was an agriculturist, as well as an educationist who set up an educational institution in Machilipatnam. He died in relative poverty in 1963 and was largely forgotten by society.[4][6] A postage stamp was issued to commemorate him in 2009. In 2012, his name was proposed for a posthumous Bharat Ratna though there has been no response from the central government on the proposal.[2][6]

  1. ^ "Who is Pingali Venkayya? Remembering the architect of India's national flag". India Today. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Pingali Venkayya, the man behind Tricolour, struggled to make ends meet and died penniless in 1963". The Economic Times. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ Dasgupta, Reshmi (9 August 2022). "Who designed the National Flag: Nehru's friend or Gandhi's follower?". Firstpost. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b Mellymaitreyi, M. L. (18 November 2012). "State recommends Bharat Ratna for Pingali Venkayya". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b c d e "Pingali Venkayya — the man behind the Indian Tricolour". CNBCTV18. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b Akbar, Syed (31 March 2021). "On this day, 100 years ago, first draft design of national flag was presented". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Andhra Chief Minister Seeks Bharat Ratna Award For Designer Of Indian Flag". NDTV.com. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  9. ^ Chronicle, Deccan (15 August 2019). "Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's visits to Vijayawada recalled". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

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