In honour of the Indian freedom struggle movement and the freedom fighters., the Indian flag.
Madabhushi AnaanthaSayanam Iyengar. 4.2.1981-19.3.1978.
A tribute to M.A.Iyengar.
He actively participated in the Indian freedom struggle movement and was a freedom fighter.He became a member of Congress party to pursue his goal to liberate India from foreign shackles.He was a ardent follower of M.K.Gandhi.He took part in all protests and meetings.Hence he was jailed by the British rulers for 4 years .
He sacrifised a highly lucrative legal practise and threw himself fully and wholeheartedly in the freedom struggle movement.Hence his large family was pushed to penury and were subject to untold hardships and sufferings for years.
He was elected several times to Parliament in pre as well as in post Independence era from Tirupathi, his home town.He was a member of the Constituent assembly of India .He took part in all the debates eagerly and energetically.He fully supported DR.Ambedkar and Pandit Nehru in all the debates.
He was later elected as Speaker of Lok sabha .He was the second Speaker.He thoroughly enjoyed his work as the presiding officer of the loksabha .His interpretation of the constitution and his rulings on the parliamentry proceedings have stood the test of time.They are so clear and authoritative that his rulings still hold sway..
After completing his term as Speaker he was appointed as Governor of Bihar .At the end of his tenure he retired from active politics and settled in Tirupathi.Here he built housing tenements for leprosy patients and provided medical facilities,He organised sanitary workers into unions and helped them .
He not only enjoyed Sanskrit literature but also Tamil Prabhandhams..He strove to promote them.He donated his farm land to the government to build a airport at the temple town,Tirupathi.
Even at ripe old age he would attend to a long queue of petitioners seeking his help viz his good offices in the national arena,every day be it a commoner or highly placed people or even Chief ministers ,without any hesitation,and full of patience. He would help whole heartedly, and happily without expecting anything in return.
I am awestricken by the sacrifises my grand father made ,so that the people of this country , his country , our country,Bharat which is India would live freely and happily.
From left to right M.A.Iyengar, Radha Krishnan, Rajendra Prasad, and Nehru.
