Housing and district in-charge minister Ch. Ranganatha Raju on Monday unveiled a bronze statue of Pingali Venkaiah installed at the collector’s office here.
Mr Raju said that the statue of Sri Venkaiah was installed on completion of 75 years of independence with the program ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ in March 2021.
Heeding the call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to celebrate the country’s momentous journey by honoring its freedom fighters, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy visited the home of Pingali Sita Mahalakshmi, daughter of the late Venkaiah, the architect of India Was. National Flag, on March 12, 2021 and presented him a check of ₹75 lakh. Later, the Chief Minister urged Mr. Modi to confer the Bharat Ratna on Venkaiah posthumously.
Born on August 2, 1876 in Bhatlapenumru village near Machilipatnam, Venkaiah was greatly influenced by Gandhian ideas and ideology and decided to dedicate his life to the service of the nation and participate in the freedom movement, Mr. Raju said.
Collector Vivek Yadav said that Venkaiah was full of passion to design a national flag that would fill the hearts of millions of Indians with freedom, independence and a sense of duty to continue the struggle till the motherland is freed from chains. is not done. Why slavery?
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