I need an essay on pingali venkayya in english (500 words)
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Sri Pingali Venkayya Garu is also Know as Diamond Venkayya ,
Patti Venkayya (Cotton Venkayya). Born on August 2, 1876 to Hanumantharayudu
and Venkataratnamma at Bhatlapennumaru in the Divi taluk in Krishna district
Andhra Pradesh.After finishing his primary education at Challapalli and school
at the Hindu High School, Machilipatnam, he went to Colombo to complete his
Senior Cambridge. Enthused by patriotic zeal, he enlisted himself for the Boer
war at 19. While in Africa he met Gandhi, and their rapport lasted for more
than half a century.His patriotic zeal, however, did not permit him to stagnate
in a permanent job ( He worked as railway Guard), and his quest for education
took him to Lahore where he joined the Anglo-Vedic College, and learnt Japanese
and Urdu and History.
From 1906 to 1911, Pingali spent most of his
time researching staple varieties of crops and came up with a study on a
special variety called Cambodia Cotton. With the British rulers taking notice
of his study, Pingali came to be known as Patti Venkayya (literally ‘Cotton
Venkayya’).He was immensely knowledgeable in geology and obtained a doctorate
in it. He was an authority on diamond mining in Andhra Pradesh and was
popularly known as ‘Diamond Venkayya’. Returning to Masulipatnam, he spent 5
years 1916-21 researching flags of 30 countries and finally came up with the
present tricolor. However, the flag of the Vandmataram movement is sometimes
thought to be the antecedent of Venkayya’s tricolor.
Gandhian Pingali Venkaiah lived in poverty all
his life. And even before his death in 1963 in a hut in Vijayawada, Andhra
Pradesh, the family was in tatters with the kin hardly knowing the whereabouts
of one another.There is not even a memorial in his hometown Machilipatnam to
the man who made such an important contribution to the nation.It was only a few
years ago that his daughter began to receive pension from the government. There
is not even a memorial in his hometown Machilipatnam to the man who brought
such glory to Andhra
Respect our Leaders and great legends like Sri Venkayya Garu…And do pass this to the coming generations…this is our rich heritage…and do pay homage to the greats…we all need to at least remember this leaders…for their great sacrifice.. We missed his Death anniversary which was on July 4th..but lets pay homage to him on his Birth Anniversary August 2nd.. Or else we cannot forgive ourselves…This tribute to all the greats who helped us to be what we are..and gain independence