Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar (4 February 1891 – 19 March 1978) was the first Deputy Speaker and then

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in the

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n Parliament. He also served as the 5th

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. He was born in Thiruchanoor,

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of Madras Presidency,

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

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he participated actively in

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and was jailed twice. He was elected as member of

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

Chittoor Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters of Chittoor mandal and Chittoor revenue division, respectively. The city has a popu ...

constituencies in 1952 and 1956 respectively. He was elected in 1952 as the first Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha with Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar as the Speaker. After the death of Mavalankar in 1956, he was elected as Speaker of Lok Sabha. Dowry prohibition act 1961 was passed by joint session of parliament with M. A. Ayyangar as speaker. He worked as

between 1962 and 1967. A life size bronze statue of this celebrated statesman was erected at his hometown Tirupathi in 2007.

Personal life

M. A. Ayyangar was born on 4 February 1891 in the village of Thiruchanur, near the world-famous temple town

Tirupati Tirupati () is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirupati district. The city is home to the important Hindu shrine of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and other historic temples and is re ...

, in

. His father was M. Venkatavaradhachariar. M. A. Ayyangar worked as mathematics Teacher in Pachaiyappa's College at Esplanade, Chennai. Ayyangar married Choodammal in 1919, with whom he had four sons and eight daughters.

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A short biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ayyangar, Madabhushi Telugu people Speakers of the Lok Sabha India MPs 1952–1957 India MPs 1957–1962 Members of the Central Legislative Assembly of India 1891 births 1978 deaths Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh People from Chittoor district Deputy Speakers of the Lok Sabha People from Rayalaseema Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh India MPs 1962–1967 Prisoners and detainees of British India Andhra movement