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{{Indian name|Ananthasayanam|Madabhushi}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific-prefix =<br />
| name = Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar<br />
| honorific-suffix = <br />
| image = M.A.Ayyangar.jpg<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| order = 5th<br />
| office = Governor of Bihar<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister <br />
| 1namedata = [[Binodanand Jha]] <br/> [[Krishna Ballabh Sahay]] <br/>[[Mahamaya Prasad Sinha]]<br />
| term_start = 12 May 1962<br />
| term_end = 6 December 1967<br />
| predecessor = [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]]<br />
| successor = [[Nityanand Kanungo]]<br />
| order1 = 2nd<br />
| office1 = Speaker of the Lok Sabha<br />
| term_start1 = 8 March 1956<br />
| term_end1 = 16 April 1962<br />
| deputy1 = Sardar Hukam Singh<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Sardar Hukam Singh]]<br />
| office2 = 1st [[Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha|Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start2 = 30 May 1952<br />
| term_end2 = 7 March 1956<br />
| predecessor2 = ''Office Established''<br />
| successor2 = Sardar Hukam Singh<br />
| office3 = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]] <br />
| term_start3 = 1951<br />
| term_end3 = 1962<br />
| predecessor3 = ''Constituency Established''<br />
| successor3 = [[C. Dass]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Tirupathi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirupathi]]<br />
| birth_date = 4 February 1891<br />
| birth_place = [[Thiruchanoor]], [[Chittoor district]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|3|19|1891|2|4|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chittoor District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] <br />
| profession = [[Politician]]<br />
| spouse = Choodammal<br />
| known_for = First [[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
| children = 12<br />
| alma_mater = [[Pachaiyappa's College]] <br> , [[Madras Law College]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar''' (4 February 1891 – 19 March 1978) was the [[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha|first Deputy Speaker]] and then [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] in the [[India]]n Parliament. He was Governor of [[Bihar]] also.<br />
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He was born in [[Thiruchanoor]], [[Chittoor district]] of [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]].<br />
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He was teacher in Mathematics and later became a lawyer between 1915 -1950. Inspired by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] he participated actively in [[Indian Freedom Struggle]] and was jailed twice.<br />
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He was elected as member of [[Central Legislative Assembly]] in 1934. He was elected to the first Lok Sabha from [[Tirupathi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirupathi]] and to the second Lok Sabha from [[Chittoor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chittoor]] constituencies in 1952 and 1956 respectively.<br />
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He was elected in 1948 as 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 MA Ayyankar as speaker. He worked as [[Governor of Bihar]] between 1962 and 1967.<br />
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A life size bronze statue of this celebrated statesman was erected at his hometown Tirupathi in 2007.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/Ananthasayanam-Ayyangar-statue-to-be-unveiled/article14749505.ece The Hindu : National : Ananthasayanam Ayyangar statue to be unveiled<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
M A Ayyangar was born on 4 February 1891 in the village of Thiruchanur, near the world-famous temple town [[Tirupati]], in [[Chittoor district]]. His father was M Venkatavaradhachariar. M.A.Ayyangar was 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/596.htm|title=Members bioprofile on Lok Sabha website|publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]], New Delhi and [[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=24 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630073735/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/596.htm|archivedate=30 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/former/ayyangar.asp A short biography]<br />
*[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/596.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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