Purushottam Mavalankar

Purushottam Mavalankar in Ahmedabad (1995).

Purushottam Ganesh Mavalankar (3 August 1928, Ahmedabad – 14 March 2002, Ahmedabad) was an Indian political scientist, educationist, and an independent Member of Parliament for two consecutive terms.

Mavalankar was son of the first speaker of the Lok Sabha, Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar. In 1972, he was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha in a by-election from Ahmedabad constituency in Gujarat state. In 1977, he was re-elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar in Gujarat on Janata Party's ticket. He lost from Gandhinagar in 1980 election. Mavalankar died on 14 March 2002.[1]

He was also the author of the book No Sir, which consisted his parliamentary speeches during Emergency.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Ex-MP Mavlankar Dead". The Tribune. 16 March 2002. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  2. ^ No, sir. Being the collection of 24 speeches (With background notes) in the Lok Sabha [House of the People] (Between July 21, 1975 and November 5, 1976) during the internal emergency in India. Sannishtha Prakashan. January 1979.
  3. ^ Ramagundam, Rahul (2022). The Life and Times of George Fernandes. Penguin Random House India. p. 258. ISBN 978-0670092888.