Pingali Venkayya  

Mahatma Gandhi asked Venkayya to design the flag and he studied the flags of 30 countries over five years, from 1916 to 1921, culminating in the creation of the tricolour.

Every Indian’s heart swells with pride when the Indian flag is hoisted in all its glory. The national flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya. The saffron represents courage and sacrifice, white symbolizes truth and peach, green signifies faith and valour.  

On the 142nd birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, India fondly remembers the freedom fighter for more reasons than one. Venkayya was also the mastermind behind the design of India’s national flag.
 

Pingali Venkayya is the designer of the Indian national flag. Here are nine facts about Venkayya, who was born on 2 August 1876.