Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar [SEP] position held
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
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.
Early life.
Mavalankar hailed from a Marathi family but lived and worked in Ahmedabad,
imprisonment by the British authorities. She attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II held in June 1953.
The death of Ganesh Mavalankar in February 1956 prompted a bye-election for the Ahmedabad seat. The INC fielded Sushila Mavalankar (his wife) and she was elected unopposed to the 1st Lok Sabha. Her term finished the following year. She also served as the president of Bhagini Samaj and was a member of numerous social organitations.
Personal life.
Sushila married Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar in March 1921, from whom she