Remembering Pingali Venkayya, the architect of India's national flag

While millions of Indians look up to the tricolour with pride and patriotism, very less is known about the man who designed our national flag – Pingali Venkayya. Born on August 2, 1876 in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, Pingali Venkayya was a Gandhian ideologist, a linguist, geolist and a writer. On his 144th birth anniversary, let’s take a look at some lesser-known facts about the man who designed India’s national flag.