What is Pingali Venkayya?
{{Infobox person | name = Pingali Venkayya | image = Pingali Venkayya 2009 stamp of India.jpg | alt = | caption = Venkayya on a 2009 stamp of India | birth_name = | birth_date = 12 August 1876 | birth_place = [[Bhatlapenumarru]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] ( present-day [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]) | death_date = 4 July 1963 (aged 86) | death_place = India | nationality = India | other_names = | known_for = Design of [[Indian National Flag]] | occupation = }} [[File:Flag of India.svg|thumb|Indian national flag]] '''Pingali Venkayya''' (2 August 1876<ref>{{cite news |title=A salute to the man who designed the Tricolour: Pingali Venkayya |first=K. C. |last=Archana |date=2 August 2015 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/a-salute-to-the-man-who-designed-the-tricolour-pingali-venkaya/1/455702.html |work=India Today |access-date=2016-08-17}}</ref> &ndash; 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the [[Flag of India|Indian national flag]] was based. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:1876 births]] [[Category:1963 deaths]] [[Category:Indian designers]] [[Category:Indian activists]] {{bio-stub}}