Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar
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Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar born in Indian state of Goa
on 12 December 1916.
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
on 12 December 1916.
- He studied Law in Portuguese India.Worked as an editor with Navashakti daily in Mumbai
- Participated actively in Goa's struggle for freedom,was in exile in in Africa and PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
for many years. - Elected as first speaker of Goa Assembly.
- He has been a member of the Indian National Congress and was a prominent figure in the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak PartyMaharashtrawadi Gomantak PartyMaharashtrawadi 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...
. - Translated Bal Gangadhar TilakBal Gangadhar TilakLokmanya Tilak –, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer and independence fighter who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorities derogatorily called the great leader "Father of the Indian unrest"...
's Shrimadbhagwadgeetarahasya into PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
. - Authored many books in Marathi,Konkani,English and Portuguese.