Lok Sabha Speaker, Shri Om Birla, paid floral tributes to former Lok Sabha Speaker, Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, on his birth anniversary, today.

लोक सभा के पूर्व अध्यक्ष श्री एम. अनन्तशयनम आयंगर जी की जयंती पर आज संविधान सदन के केंद्रीय कक्ष में उन्हें पुष्पांजलि अर्पित की।

राष्ट्रीय स्वाधीनता आंदोलन और संविधान निर्माण की यात्रा में श्री आयंगर जी का योगदान अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण रहा। युवावस्था से ही वे स्वतंत्रता संग्राम के… pic.twitter.com/X0Xd2urn08

— Om Birla (@ombirlakota) February 4, 2026

Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri Harivansh; Members of Parliament; former Members and Secretary General Lok Sabha Shri Utpal Kumar Singh also paid floral tributes to Shri Ayyangar.

Shri M.A. Ayyangar was a veteran freedom fighter and eminent parliamentarian. He was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly, Constituent Assembly, and Provisional Parliament and First to Third Lok Sabhas. When the First Lok Sabha was constituted in 1952, Shri Ayyangar was the unanimous choice to be its Deputy Speaker, having earlier served as the Deputy Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (Legislative) and Deputy Speaker of the Provisional Parliament. After the sudden demise of the then Speaker, Shri G.V. Mavalankar, he was unanimously elected to preside over the Lok Sabha on 8 March 1956. Shri Ayyangar was, once again, unanimously elected the Speaker of the Second Lok Sabha in 1957. Though elected to the Third Lok Sabha, he resigned soon after to assume office as the Governor of Bihar.

Shri Ayyangar passed away on 19 March 1978.

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