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Indian national flag was designed by______.

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Hint: Indian national flag is also called Tiranga. Tiranga is made from two words ‘Tri’ which means three and ‘Ranga’ which means colour. It is a horizontal rectangular tricolour flag with saffron colour at the top white at the middle and green at bottom. At centre there is a navy blue colour 24 spokes wheel which symbolises law.

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Indian national flag was adopted on 22 July 1947 by constituent assembly. It became the national flag of India on 15 August 1947 which was designed by Pingali venkayya.
Pingali Venkayya was Indian freedom fighter and man who designed Indian flag. Pingali Venkayya first design Flag for Indian National Congress and after several changes it became the Indian national flag in 1947.
Pingali Venkayya was born on 2 August 1876 at Bhatlapenumarru, near Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Being a national freedom fighter from Indian National Congress he died in poverty in 1963 and was Forgotten by the society and by his own Congress party. A postage stamp was issued in his memory in 2009.

Hence the correct answer is ‘Pingali Venkayya’.

Note:There are some guidelines regarding Indian national flag.
- The flag should be made up of khadi or Silk only.
- The manufacturing process and specification for the flag are laid out by the Bureau of Indian standard. At present the country's tallest flag is hoisted at the India Pakistan border in Atari at the height of 360 feet.