MPPSC 2010 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(C) G.V. Mavalankar was the first holder of the office to discard the wig hitherto regarded as mandatory for formal occasions and to preside over the House wearing a Gandhi cap. ‘Your wig is unsuited to this warm climate’,he would say to Britons who queried him on this point. ‘The Gandhi cap is symbolic of the new political climate of the country’. Yet, in every other respect, he proved himself a stout champion of parliamentary traditions.