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Pingali Venkayya

1876 - 1963

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Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876/8 – 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter, known for designing the initial version of the Indian National Flag. Apart from his role in the independence movement, Venkayya was a lecturer, author, geologist, educationalist, agriculturist, and a polyglot. Venkayya joined the British Indian Army at age 19 and served in South Africa during the Second Boer War (1899–1902). During his service, he recognized the need for a national flag for India as Indian soldiers were required to salute the Union Jack, the British flag. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pingali Venkayya is the 488th most popular social activist (down from 382nd in 2019), the 638th most popular biography from India (down from 453rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Pingali Venkayya ranks 488 out of 840. Before him are Helene Stöcker, Gabrielle Petit, Osvaldo Hurtado, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Gabriela Silang, and Kamala Nehru. After him are Mary Toft, Sam Childers, Selena Rocky Malone, Josué de Castro, Gertrud Adelborg, and Jack Sheppard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Pingali Venkayya ranks 166. Before him are Paul Rivet, H. B. Warner, Max O. Lorenz, Nikolay Burdenko, Havergal Brian, and John Marshall. After him are Clara Blandick, Mary Ritter Beard, Paul Montel, Rosalia Zemlyachka, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, and G. M. Trevelyan. Among people deceased in 1963, Pingali Venkayya ranks 152. Before him are Arthur Jonath, Donald Piper, Ivan Brown, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Vasyl Barvinsky, and Charles Winslow. After him are Luo Ronghuan, David Keilin, Boris Kostić, Dorothy Hansine Andersen, Abram Deborin, and Medgar Evers.

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In India

Among people born in India, Pingali Venkayya ranks 638 out of 1,861. Before him are Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), Madhuri Dixit (1967), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), Paddy Ashdown (1941), Kamala Nehru (1899), and Jackie Shroff (1957). After him are Narayan Rao (1755), Ram Charan (1985), Arbaaz Khan (1967), Salima Sultan Begum (1539), Derek Prince (1915), and Kajal Aggarwal (1985).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Pingali Venkayya ranks 38. Before him are Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972), Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), Sugathakumari (1934), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), and Kamala Nehru (1899). After him are Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), Charu Majumdar (1918), Shivakumara Swami (1907), Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), and Manilal Gandhi (1892).

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