The
design of the National Flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on
22 July 1947…. And all of us do carry the Flag Very proudly… But How many
people do know who has Designed…most of you dont even know this…He is our
Shriyuth Pingali Venkayya Garu.
Sri
Pingali Venkayya Garu is also Know as Diamond Venkayya , Patti Venkayya
(Cotton Venkayya). Born on August 2, 1876 to
Hanumantharayudu and Venkataratnamma at Bhatlapennumaru in the Divi taluk in
Krishna district Andhra Pradesh.After finishing his primary education at Challapalli and school at the
Hindu High School, Machilipatnam, he went to Colombo to complete his Senior
Cambridge. Enthused by patriotic zeal, he enlisted himself for the Boer war at
19. While in Africa he met Gandhi, and their rapport lasted for more than half
a century.His patriotic zeal, however, did not permit him to stagnate in
a permanent job ( He worked as railway Guard), and his
quest for education took him to Lahore where he joined the Anglo-Vedic College,
and learnt Japanese and Urdu and History.
From
1906 to 1911, Shreeman Pingali Venkayyagaru spent most of his time researching
staple varieties of crops and came up with a study on a special variety called
Cambodia Cotton. With the British rulers taking notice of his study, Pingali
came to be known as Patti Venkayya (literally ‘Cotton Venkayya’).He was
immensely knowledgeable in geology and obtained a doctorate in it. He was an
authority on diamond mining in Andhra Pradesh and was popularly known as
‘Diamond Venkayya’. Returning to Masulipatnam, he spent 5 years 1916-21
researching flags of 30 countries and finally came up with the present
tricolor. However, the flag of the Vandmataram movement is sometimes thought to
be the antecedent of Venkayya’s tricolor.
Gandhian Shriyuth Pingali Venkaiahgaru lived in poverty all his life. And even before his death
in 1963 in a hut in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, the family was in tatters with
the kin hardly knowing the whereabouts of one another.There is not even a
memorial in his hometown Machilipatnam to the man who made such an important
contribution to the nation.It was only a few years ago that his daughter began
to receive pension from the government. There is not even a memorial in his
hometown Machilipatnam to the man who brought such glory to Andhra
Respect
our Leaders and great legends like Sriyuth Pingali Venkayya Garu…And do pass this
to the coming generations…this is our rich heritage…and do pay homage to the
greats…we all need to at least remember this leaders…for their great
sacrifice.. We missed his Death anniversary which was on July 4th..but let`s
pay homage to him on his Birth Anniversary August 2nd.. Or else we cannot
forgive ourselves…This tribute to all the greats who helped us to be what we
are..and gain independence
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