Dayanand Bandodkar was the first Chief Minister

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 of Goa

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 after the territory was returned to India

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 by Portugal

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. A wealthy mine owner, he sought to merge the territory with the state of Maharashtra

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. After his request to gain 18 out of 28 candidates for a merger with Maharashtra was denied by the Congress party

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, he formed his own Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1961. In the first elections held after India took over the former Portuguese colony, it ascended to power in December 1963 and stayed on, till being ousted from power by defections in early...

. He swept the polls in 1963, 1967 and in 1972 and remained in power until his death in 1973.

His proposal however to merge with Maharashtra was met by stiff opposition by the local population. Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

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, the then Prime Minister of India

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 then offered him two options:

1. To retain Goa's current status as a Union Territory
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2. To merge Goa into the neighboring state of Maharastra and the other erstwhile Portuguese enclaves of Daman and Diu into the neighbouring state of Gujarat

The move was ratified in both houses of the Indian Parliament

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, the Lok Sabha

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 (on 1 December 1966), and the Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha

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 (on 7 December 1966). It was signed into effect by the President of India

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, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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 on 16 December 1966. An opinion poll was subsequently held

Goa Opinion Poll

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 on 16 January 1967 to decide the fate of the union territory which voted to retain its status as a union territory by 34,021 votes.

Bandodkar died in office on 1973-08-12 at age 62 and was succeeded by his daughter Shashikala Kakodkar

Shashikala Kakodkar

Shashikala Kakodkar is a prominent leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party , a political party based in Goa, India, that espouses the cause of the Bahujan Samaj .-Second chief minister of post-1961 Goa:She is the daughter of Goa's first chief minister...

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Tenures

1. 20 December 1963 – 2 December 1966 (3 years)
2. 5 April 1967 – 23 March 1972 (5 years)
3. 23 March 1972 – 12 August 1973 (1.5 years)