India Celebrates 143rd Birth Anniversary of National Flag Designer Pingali Venkaiah
- India is observing the 143rd birth anniversary of the renowned freedom fighter and the designer of the national flag Pingali Venkaiah on August 2, 2019.
- Pingali was born on August 2, 1876, near Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
- The National Flag design by Pingali was approved by Mahatama Gandhi in a Congress meeting in Vijayawada in 1921.