The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, was born on November 27, 1888 in a Marathi family of Gujarat.
The country’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, called him the father of the Lok Sabha. As Speaker of the Lok Sabha, he contributed the most to the creation of the parliamentary system. After the formation of the country’s first Lok Sabha, Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (GV Mavalankar), who became the first speaker, was given the responsibility of laying down parliamentary traditions, rules and regulations, which he fulfilled very well. On your birth anniversary, let us know who was GV Mavalankar, whose rules decide who is the leader of the opposition in the House.
The country’s first Lok Sabha Speaker Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar is also fondly remembered as Dadasaheb Mavalankar. He was born on November 27, 1888 to a Marathi family in Baroda, present-day Gujarat. However, his family resided in Mavlang, located in the Ratnagiri district of the then Bombay state. His early education took place in different places in Bombay (now Mumbai). After this, in the year 1902 he went to Ahmedabad for higher studies.
In the year 1908, he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Gujarat College, Ahmedabad. Dakshin was a scholar of the same university for a year. Then, in 1912, he obtained his law degree in the first class.
He dedicated himself to social work while practicing law.
Dadasaheb Mavalankar started practicing law in the year 1913 and became a famous lawyer in a short time. In addition to this, he also had a deep interest in social work. Due to this, he came in contact with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Mahatma Gandhi and was associated with many important social organizations of Gujarat from an early age. He was Honorary Secretary of the Gujarat Education Society in 1913 and Secretary of the Gujarat Sabha in 1916. As the pace of the freedom movement intensified, Dadasaheb Mavalankar was also active in the Congress.
In the year 1921-22, he was appointed Secretary of the Gujarat Territorial Congress Committee. He was also general secretary of the reception committee of the 36th session of the Congress held at Ahmedabad in December 1921. He was a member of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation from 1919 to 1937 and its president during 1930–33 and 1935–36.
Elected member of Bombay Assembly and Central Assembly
In the year 1937, Dadasaheb Mavalankar was elected to the then Bombay Legislative Assembly representing the city of Ahmedabad. Seeing his experience, the Bombay Legislative Assembly also elected him Speaker. In 1946 he was elected President of the Central Legislative Assembly. Until then he remained the Speaker of the Bombay Legislative Assembly. In January 1946, the Congress nominated him as its candidate for the presidency of the Sixth Central Assembly. Mavalankar emerged victorious from Kante’s challenge and remained its president until midnight on 14–15 August 1947.
He was also president of the interim parliament.
When the Constitution was accepted on November 26, 1949, he became President of the Interim Parliament. He remained in this position until the formation of the first Lok Sabha in 1952. On 15 May 1952, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru proposed Mavalankar’s name for the post of Speaker of independent India’s first Lok Sabha, which was approved by the House by 394 votes to 55. After this, he presided over the Lok Sabha for four years.
During this period, question time and debate on the President’s speech and the motion of thanks began in the Lok Sabha. He was the one who laid down the rule that for any party to be nominated as a parliamentary party in the Lok Sabha, it should have at least 10 per cent of the total number of members. According to this rule, to get the post of leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, the largest party must have at least 10 per cent members.
He stayed away from active politics as president
During his tenure, Dadasaheb Mavalankar also formed many new committees. These include the Rules Committee, the Business Advisory Committee, the Privileges Committee, the Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions, the Committee on Government Assurances, the Committee on Subordinate Legislation, the Committee on Absence of Members from meetings of the House, the Joint Committee on Salaries and Benefits. of members of Parliament. Committee, General Purpose Committee, etc.
While he was Speaker of the Lok Sabha, he did not take part in active politics. Without worrying about his health and comfort, he used to travel long distances and meet people. During one such trip, he suffered a heart attack in January 1956 and died on February 27, 1956 in Ahmedabad. With this his tenure as Lok Sabha Speaker also ended.
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