Pingali Venkayya - Wikipedia Pingali Venkayya Pingali Venkayya 2 August 1876 Bhatlapenumarru, near Masulipatnam, present - day Andhra Pradesh, India 4 July 1963 India Nationality India Known for Design of Indian National Flag Indian national flag Pingali Venkayya ( 2 August 1876 - died 4 July 1963 ) was an Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based. He was born at Bhatlapenumarru, near Masulipatnam, in what is now the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Various so - called national flags had been used by members of the Indian independence movement prior to independence being achieved in 1947. Venkayya 's version was first designed for the Indian National Congress and subsequently modified in 1947. According to The Hindu, `` Pingali Venkayya was an authority in geology, agriculture and also an educationist who set up an educational institution in Machilipatnam. He, however, died in poverty in 1963 and was largely forgotten by the society and by his own party, the Congress. '' A postage stamp was issued to commemorate him in 2009 and in 2011 it was proposed that he be posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna. The outcome of that proposal is not known. References Jump up ^ Archana, K.C. ( 2 August 2015 ). `` A salute to the man who designed the Tricolour : Pingali Venkayya ''. India Today. Retrieved 2016 - 08 - 17. Jump up ^ `` History of Indian Tricolor ''. Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012. Jump up ^ Mellymaitreyi, M.L. ( 18 November 2012 ). `` State recommends Bharat Ratna for Pingali Venkayya ''. The Hindu. Retrieved 9 April 2013. This Indian biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pingali_Venkayya&oldid=798596864 '' Categories : 1963 deaths Flag designers Indian independence activists from Andhra Pradesh People from Krishna district 1876 births 20th - century Indian designers Artists from Andhra Pradesh 19th - century Indian people 20th - century Indian poets Indian people stubs Hidden categories : EngvarB from March 2014 Use dmy dates from December 2014 Articles with hCards No local image but image on Wikidata All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia অসমীয়া বাংলা Deutsch Հայերեն हिन्दी ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം Norsk ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Português संस्कृतम् Simple English தமிழ் తెలుగు Edit links This page was last edited on 2 September 2017, at 20 : 37. About Wikipedia

Question: name the person who designed the national flag of india
Answer: Pingali Venkayya