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Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar
Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar (12 December 1916 – 5 September 2000) was an Indian campaigner, author and the first Speaker (politics), speaker of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly. He was born in Goa in Portuguese India. He studied law and worked as an editor of the ''Navshakti'' daily newspaper in Bombay. 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.cabinet government in Goa, 1961–1993, Pages:4–5 By Aureliano Fernandes Shirodkar authored many books in Marathi language, Marathi, Konkani language, Konkani, English and Portuguese, and translated Bal Gangadhar Tilak's ''Shrimadbhagwadgeetarahasya'' into Portuguese language, Portuguese. See also *Goa Legislative Assembly References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shirodkar, Pandurang Purushottam Speakers of the Goa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese India
The State of India, also known as the Portuguese State of India or Portuguese India, was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded seven years after the discovery of the sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal. The capital of Portuguese India served as the governing centre of a string of military forts and maritime ports scattered along the coasts of the Indian Ocean. The first viceroy Francisco de Almeida established his base of operations at Fort Manuel in the Malabar region, after the Kingdom of Cochin negotiated to become a protectorate of Portugal in 1505. With the Portuguese conquest of Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510, Goa became the major anchorage for the Armadas arriving in India. The capital of the viceroyalty was transferred from Cochin to Goa in 1530. From 1535, Mumbai (Bombay) was a harbour of Portuguese India, known as '' Bom Bahia'', until it was handed over, through the Marriage Treaty, dowry o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |