India, Nov. 27 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla paid floral tributes to Shri Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, the first Speaker of Lok Sabha, in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, today, on his birth anniversary.
Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri Harivansh; Members of Parliament; former Members; Secretary-General, Lok Sabha, Shri Utpal Kumar Singh and other dignitaries also offered floral tributes.
Shri Mavalankar, born on 27 November 1888 in Baroda (present-day Gujarat), played a monumental role in shaping India's parliamentary institutions. Beginning his legislative journey in 1937 as a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly from Ahmedabad, he served as its Speaker until 1946. He later pr...