Pingali Venkaiah statue unveiled in Guntur
The Hindu
Event held to mark 75 years of independence
Minister for Housing and district in charge Minister Ch. Ranganatha Raju unveiled a bronze statue of Pingali Venkaiah set up at the Collector office here on Monday.
Mr. Raju said that statue of Mr. Venkaiah was set up to mark 75 years of independence with the ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav’ programme in March 2021.
While heeding to the call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to celebrate the momentous journey of the country by honouring its freedom fighters, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had visited the house of Pingali Seetha Mahalakshmi, daughter of the late Venkaiah, the architect of India’s national flag, on March 12, 2021 and presented her a cheque for ₹75 lakh. Later, the Chief Minister had urged Mr. Modi to confer Bharat Ratna posthumously on Venkaiah.
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