Dada Saheb Mavalankar, father of Lok Sabha his life, work and ideas : centenary volume

This volume covers the illustrious career and achievements of one of the prime architects of India's Parliamentary Democracy, Dada Saheb Mavalankar, the first Speaker of Lok Sabha, aptly described by Pandit Nehru as the 'Father of the Lok Sabha'. The process of carefully and effectively establishing and evolving parliamentary traditions, conventions and precedents in parliamentary practices and procedures constitutes a fascinating but largely unexplored area of study. The present volume fills the existing void in this field. Profiling Dada Saheb's multi-splendoured career which remained eventful during the freedom struggle and also after the attainment of freedom, it carries contributions from renowned dignitaries, senior Parliamentarians and scholars and above all, Dada Saheb's own ideas on various aspects of parliamentary democracy and his important rulings as the Speaker on matters of procedure.

The volume will be found most useful and refreshing and highly readable by scholars, parliamentarians, general reade.s and all those interested in the study of Indian polity in general and parliamentary institutions and procedures in particular.