<Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Design of Indian National Flag </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

Name the person who designed the national flag of india