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Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1888)

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Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

20th-century Indian politician

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar popularly known as Dadasaheb, was an Indian politician and independence activist who served as the President of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower…
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Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Highest authority of the lower house of the Parliament of India

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer and the highest authority of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Lok Sabha following a general election and ranks 6th in the Order of…
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