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Known for. Design of Indian National Flag. Spouse. Rukminamma. Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876 [ 1][ 2] 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter. He was the designer of the flag on which the initial Indian National Flag was based. [ 3] He was also a lecturer, author, geologist, educationalist, agriculturist, and a polyglot. [ 4][ 5]
Bābā Farīd was born in 1188 (573 AH) in Kothewal, 10 km from Multan in the Punjab region, to Jamāl-ud-dīn Suleimān and Maryam Bībī (Qarsum Bībī), daughter of Wajīh-ud-dīn Khojendī. [ 5] Amaresh Datta gives his life span as 1178–1271. [ 7] He received his early education at Multan, which had become a centre for Muslim education.
A stamp issued in 1990 to mark Namibian independence. Namibia, formerly known as South West Africa and German South West Africa, has a long history of postal services, starting in 1814 with postal runners delivering messages among mission stations. The first stamps were printed during the German colonial period.
Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy, in the languages which use Arabic alphabet or the alphabets derived from it. It includes Arabic, Persian, Ottoman, and Urdu calligraphy. [ 2][ 3] It is known in Arabic as khatt Arabi ( خط عربي ), which translates into Arabic line, design, or construction. [ 4]
The island of Fernando Pó had its name Africanized after him to Masie Ngueme Biyogo Island; upon his overthrow in 1979, its name was again changed to Bioko. The capital, Santa Isabel, had its name changed to Malabo. In 1978, he changed the national motto of the coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea to "There is no other God than Macias Nguema". [31]
1962–present. Star and crescent, green color symbolizes Islam [ 2] Azerbaijan. 1991–present. Green stands for Islam, the crescent moon is also an Islamic symbol [ 3] Ba'athist Iraq. 1991–2003. Takbir [ 4] Bahrain.
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor [18] was born on 8 December 1966 at the Cascia House Nursing Home on Baggot Street in Dublin. [1] She was named Sinéad after Sinéad de Valera, the mother of the doctor who presided over her delivery (Éamon de Valera, Jnr.), and Bernadette in honour of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes.
The United States Postal Service issued a 34-cent stamp on the 1 September 2001 at the annual Islamic Society of North America's convention in Des Plaines, Illinois.It features gold Arabic calligraphy on a lapis background that commemorates two of the most important Muslim festivals: Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha, at the end of the pilgrimage to ...