FLORAL TRIBUTES TO DIGNITARIES
Hon'ble Prime Minister, Hon'ble Speaker, Hon'ble Ministers, Hon'ble Chairpersons of Parliamentary Committees, Hon'ble Members of Parliament, former Members of Parliament, Leaders of Political Parties and other dignitaries pay floral tributes to eminent personalities on their birth anniversaries whose portraits have been displayed in the Central Hall of Parliament House and to the former Speakers of Lok Sabha. Every year, 36 such events are organized to remember the following leaders:
Sl. No. Leaders Date of Birth Day in 2019 1. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 23 January 1897 Wednesday 2. Lala Laipat Rai 28 January, 1865 Monday 3. Shri M.A. Ayyangar (former 04 February, 1891 Monday Speaker) 4. Smt. Sarojini Naidu 13 February, 1879 Wednesday 5. Shri Morarji Desai 29 February, 1896 -- 6. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia 23 March, 1910 Saturday 7. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 14 April, 1891 Sunday 8. Pandit Motilal Nehru 6 May, 1861 Monday 9. Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore 6 May, 1861 (date is Monday fixed as per Bengali Calendar) 10. Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (former 19 May, 1913 Sunday Speaker) 11. Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar 28 May, 1883 Tuesday Savarkar 12. Shri K.S. Hegde (former Speaker) 11 June, 1909 Tuesday 13. Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee 6 July, 1901 Saturday 14. Shri Bal Gangadhar Tilak 23 July, 1856 Tuesday 15. Shri Somnath Chatterjee (former 25 July, 1929 Thursday Speaker) 16. Shri G.S. Dhillon (former Speaker) 6 August, 1915 Tuesday 17. Shri Raiiv Gandhi 20 August, 1944 Tuesday 18. Dr. Bal Ram Jhakhar(former 23 August, 1923 Friday Speaker) 19. Sardar Hukam Singh (former 30 August, 1875 Friday Speaker 20. Shri P. A. Sangma (former Speaker) 1 September, 1947 Sunday 21. Dadabhai Naoroji 4 September, 1825 Wednesday 22. Shri G.M.C. Balyogi (former 1 October, 1951 Tuesday Speaker) 23. Mahatma Gandhi 2 October, 1869 Wednesday
24. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri 2 October, 1904 Wednesday 25. Shri Bali Ram Bhagat (former 7 October, 1922 Monday Speaker 26. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 31 October, 1875 Thursday
27. Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das 5 November, 1870 Tuesday 28. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 11 November, 1888 Monday 29. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November, 1889 Thursday 30. Smt. Indira Gandhi 19 November, 1917 Tuesday 31. Shri Rabi Ray (former Speaker) 26 November, 1926 Tuesday 32. Shri G.V. Mavalankar (former 27 November, 1888 Wednesday Speaker 33. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 3 December, 1884 Tuesday
34. Shri C. Rajagopalachari 10 December, 1878 Tuesday 35. Chaudhary Charan Singh 23 December, 1908 Monday
36. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya 25 December, 1861 Wednesday