Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar
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Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar | |
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Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1964–1967 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | Gopal Appa Kamat |
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1964–1967 | |
Preceded by | constituency established |
Succeeded by | Punaji Achrekar |
Constituency | Siolim |
Personal details | |
Born | Goa, Portuguese India | 12 December 1916
Died | 5 September 2000 | (aged 83)
Political party | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party |
Children | Prakashchandra Shirodkar (son) |
Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar (12 December 1916 – 5 September 2000) was a campaigner, author and the first speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly.[1] He was born in Goa in Portuguese India. He studied law and worked as an editor of the Navshakti daily newspaper in Mumbai.
Later he participated actively in Goa's struggle for freedom from Portuguese colonial rule and was in exile in Africa and Portugal for many years. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and a prominent figure in the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.[2]
Shirodkar authored many books in Marathi, Konkani, English and Portuguese, and translated Bal Gangadhar Tilak's Shrimadbhagwadgeetarahasya into Portuguese.
See also
References
- ^ "Past speakers of Goa". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009.
- ^ cabinet government in Goa, 1961–1993, Pages:4–5 By Aureliano Fernandes
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