Lok Sabha Speaker paid floral tributes to Sardar Hukam Singh on his birth anniversary

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid floral tributes to the portrait of former Speaker of Lok Sabha Sardar Hukam Singh in the Central Hall of Parliament House on his birth anniversary. Secretary-General of Lok Sabha Snehlata Shrivastava also paid floral tributes.

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Key-Points

Sardar Hukam Singh was an eminent parliamentarian, a noted jurist, a social reformer and an able administrator.

He was unanimously elected as the Speaker in the Third Lok Sabha and he chaired the House from 17 April 1962 to 16 March 1967. Later, he was the Governor of Rajasthan from 1967 to 1972.

Sardar Hukam Singh passed away on 27 May 1983.