Pingali Venkayya
Pingali Venkayya (born August 2, 1876 in Bhatlapenumarru near Masulipatnam , Andhra Pradesh , † July 4, 1963 ) designed the Indian national flag .
After high school in Masulipatnam, he went to Colombo to complete his senior Cambridge education. Back in India , he worked as a railroad conductor and government employee in Bellary . He later moved to Lahore , where he studied Urdu and Japanese at Anglo-Vedic college .
From 1906 to 1911 Pingali was mainly busy to compare different crop varieties, and published a study on the cotton style Cambodia Cotton . He became known as Patti Venkayya (Cotton Venkayya).
He later returned to Masulipatnam and devoted himself to studying various flags between 1916 and 1921, eventually developing the current Indian tricolor.
literature
- KC Archana: A salute to the man who designed the Tricour: Pingali Venkayya. In: India Today of August 2, 2015.
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| SURNAME | Venkayya, Pingali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian designer, designed the Indian national flag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bhatlapenumarru near Masulipatnam , Andhra Pradesh |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1963 |