Indian Parliament Speaker Somnath Chatterjee (left), Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (center), and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani, gesture to one another during India's Independence Day celebration
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Indian Parliament Speaker Somnath Chatterjee (left), Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (center), and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani, gesture to one another during India's Independence Day celebration. Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the lower house of the Indian parliament, turned 79 on Friday, two days after he was unceremoniously expelled from the communist party CPI(M) which he had served for over 30 years. (AP Photo)