Dr Prakāścandra Pāṇḍuraṅga Śiroḍakara,eldest son of late Pāṇḍuraṅga Puruṣottama Śiroḍakara

Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar

Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar born in Indian state of Goa on 12 December 1916.*He studied Law in Portuguese India.Worked as an editor with Navashakti daily in Mumbai...

,one of the most prominent freedom fighters of Goa and the first Speaker of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative.He worked as the director of Directorate of Archives,Archaeology and Museum,Goa for over two decades.He was also the Executive Editor of the Goa Gazetteer Department for about 20 years.Dr Śiroḍakara,had devoted his life for research,and has done valuable contribution in the field of Archeology and History of Goa. He has been the Founder Editor of Colloquium,a research journal of the Goa Institute for Historical and Cultural Research as well as Purābhileka-Purātatva,a research journal of the Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museum, Goa (1986–1999).

Literary work

Dr Shirodkar had authored and edited several books and research articles.
His work includes:

• Goa's struggle for freedom‎
• Goa‎
• Goa's external relations: seminar papers‎
• Who's who of freedom fighters, Goa, Daman, and Diu‎
• Honorable Jagannath Shankarshet‎
• Trial of the four: Pandurang P. Shirodkar, Dr. Vinayak N. Mayenkar, Guilherme de Souza Ticló, Nilkanth M. Karapurkar
• Trial of T.B. Cunha‎
• Trial of P.K. Kakodkar‎
• Trial of Rama Krishna Hegde‎
• Trial of Laxmikant Venkatesh Prabhu Bhembre‎
• Gomantakācī Marāṭhī asmitā‎
• Portuguese palaeography‎
• Kolhāpūra Portugeja saṃbandha: Govā Purābhileka Saṅgrahālayāntūna nivaḍalele kāgada
• Goa: cultural trends : seminar papers‎

See also

• Pāṇḍuraṅga Puruṣottama Śiroḍakara
  Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar
  Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar born in Indian state of Goa on 12 December 1916.*He studied Law in Portuguese India.Worked as an editor with Navashakti daily in Mumbai...