Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar

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.

Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar
Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
1964–1967
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byGopal Appa Kamat
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
1964–1967
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byPunaji Achrekar
ConstituencySiolim
Personal details
Born(1916-12-12)12 December 1916
Goa, Portuguese India
Died5 September 2000(2000-09-05) (aged 83)
Political partyMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
ChildrenPrakashchandra Shirodkar (son)

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.

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  1. ^ "Past speakers of Goa". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009.
  2. ^ cabinet government in Goa, 1961–1993, Pages:4–5 By Aureliano Fernandes