Pingali Venkayya, the man who designed the tricolour, was born on August 02 in 1876 at Bhatlapenumarru, near Machilipatnam, which is now known as Andhra Pradesh.
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He was a freedom fighter who is known to have joined the British Indian Army at the age of 19. It was in the year 1921 that Venkayya first conceived the idea of a National flag.
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Pingali Venkayya's idea of National Flag:
1. In 1921, Pingali Venkayya presented the design of a flag to Gandhi. The flag consisted of two principal colours -- red and green -- describing the Hindu and Muslim respectively.
2. However, Gandhi modified the flag by adding a white stripe in the centre for other religious communities in the country.
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3. Further, Lala Hans Raj Sondhi suggested adding a spinning wheel, showing the independent Indians who can spin their own clothing from local fibres.
4. The flag was then approved by the Congress in August 1931, by then the party was already using it during peaceful protests against British rule.
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Pingali Venkayya left his mark on Indian soil:
Although Venkayya designed the national flag, his name is not much glorified in the history of India.
- According to the report published in the Hindu, he had worked in geology and agriculture
- His efforts were recognised much later after his death (1964)
- His village constructed a statue in his honour in 1998
- A postage stamp on him was commemorated in 2009
- The government of Andhra Pradesh recommended his name for the Bharat Ratna in 2012.
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