Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar Politician

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (27 November 1888 – 27 February 1956) popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. His son Purushottam Mavalankar was later elected to the Lok Sabha twice from Gujarat.

Personal facts

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
Birth dateNovember 27, 1888
Birth place
Vadodara
Date of deathFebruary 27, 1956
Place of death
Ahmedabad

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Office holder

office1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha
party
Indian National Congress
region
Ahmedabad (Lok Sabha constituency)
successor
M. A. Ayyangar

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/former/mavalankar.asp
  2. http://www.timescontent.com/tss/showcase/preview-buy/116740/News/G-V-Mavalankar.html