Sardar Hukum Singh, 1st Sikh Lok Sabha Speaker, remembered

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Updated At : 06:00 AM Aug 31, 2024 IST

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla pays tribute to former speaker of the House Sardar Hukam Singh on the occasion of his birth anniversary at Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan in New Delhi on Friday. - PTI Photo

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New Delhi, August 30

Parliamentarians on Friday paid floral tributes to Sardar Hukum Singh, the first Sikh to be elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Gathering in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on Singh’s birth anniversary, the Lok Sabha Speaker led the tributes. Singh was an eminent parliamentarian, noted jurist, social reformer and able administrator. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly in April 1948 and was a member of the Provisional Parliament (1950-52) and the first, second and third Lok Sabha.

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