Indian politicians love celebrating their birthdays--and if the event is not the headline in the next day's newspaper, then what's the point?

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's 75th birthday on 22 Novermber will be celebrated with much pomp.

According to this Indian Express report, Cabinet Minister Azam Khan has plans to get a towering “75-foot cake” and a horse-drawn buggy imported straight from London to celebrate the SP chief's birthday. It will be a two-day long event.

Indian politicians love celebrating their birthdays--and if the event is not the headline in the next day's newspaper, then what's the point? Here's how some of the politicians have earlier celebrated their birthdays:

Mayawati got a plot on the moon

Mayawati has been in controversy in the past for collecting public donations on her birthdays. An enthusiastic BSP worker from Kanpur had gifted a plot on the moon on her birthday in 2011. In 2014, almost six people came to Lucknow to celebrate her birthday. A lavish spread of cuisine including khaman dhokla, khandvi, sarson ka saag, makke di roti, dosa and uttapam as well as choorma, baati chokha and non-vegetarian fare was served by the best in the industry. Although not a birthday gift, Mayawati was presented a mammoth garland strung together with 1,000-rupee notes in 2010. Estimates of how much money was around the Dalit leader's neck as she stood on the dais ranged from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore.

Pankaj Parakh wore a 1.30 crore worth gold shirt

For his 45th birthday, NCP leader Pankaj Parakh wore a shirt made of pure gold, that weighs four kilos and costs 1.30 crores. The shirt was designed in Nashik, 85 km away, and then created by jewelers in Mumbai, where a team of around 20 select artisans spent 3,200 hours over the past two months to 'stitch' it.

A crown made of rupee notes for Karunanidhi

DMK chief M Karunanidhi is also known to have celebrated lavish parties. On his 89th birthday, party workers showered the DMK patriarch with a slew of goodies, including carefully done crown, garlands made of rupee notes and large amounts of fruits among others.

A Parliament shaped cake for Jaya

This year, the supporters of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa cut a giant Parliament-shaped cake in the party headquarters at Chennai to celebrate her 66th birthday. Her supporters said, "The cake symbolizes Amma would be the next prime minister." On her 64th birthday, her party workers cut a 64 kg for her.