Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar (Telugu

Telugu language

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: మదభుషి అనంతశయనం అయ్యంగార్) (February 4, 1891–March 19, 1978) was the first Deputy Speaker and then Speaker of Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

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 in the India

India

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n Parliament. He was Governor of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

 also.

He was born in Thiruchanoor

Thiruchanoor

Thiruchanoor is a large Suburban region in the temple city of Tirupati. It is recently clubbed with the Municipal Corporation of Tirupati and TUDA regions. The Suburban is also known as Alamelu Mangapuram....

, Chittoor district

Chittoor district

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 of Madras Presidency

Madras Presidency

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.

He was teacher in Mathematics and later became a lawyer between 1915 -1950. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

 he participated actively in Indian Freedom Struggle and was jailed twice.

He was elected as member of Central Legislative Assembly

Central Legislative Assembly

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 in 1934. He was elected to the first Lok Sabha from Tirupathi

Tirupathi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India...

 and to the second Lok Sabha from Chittoor

Chittoor (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India...

 constituencies in 1952 and 1956 respectively.

He was elected in 1948 as Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha with Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar as the Speaker. Later in 1956 he was elected as Speaker of Lok Sabha. He worked as Governor of Bihar between 1962 and 1967.

A life size bronze statue of this celebrated statesman was erected at his hometown Tirupathi in 2007.

External links

• A short biography