Pingali Venkayya
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Pingali Venkayya was an Indian freedom fighter, known for designing the initial version of the Indian National Flag. Apart from his role in the independence movement, Venkayya was a lecturer, author,
Venkayya on a 2009 stamp of India
Venkaiah Naidu garlanding the statue of Pingali Venkayya at AIR Station in Vijayawada
Second Boer War
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The Second Boer War was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the Boer republics over Britain's influence in Southern Africa.
Pingali Venkayya
…author, geologist, educationalist, agriculturist, and a polyglot. Venkayya joined the British Indian Army at age 19 and served in South Africa during the Second Boer War (1899–1902). During his service, he recognized the need for a national flag for India as Indian soldiers were required to salute the Union Jack, the…
A typical British soldier. Corporal Alexander Turnbull of Kitchener's Fighting Scouts
Boer victory over the British at the Battle of Majuba Hill, First Boer War, 1881
A sketch showing the arrest of Leander Starr Jameson after the failed Jameson raid, in 1896
Paul Kruger, leader of the South African Republic (Transvaal)