Madhav Manjunath Shanbhag ( – 17 January 1950) was an Indian lawyer and activist on behalf of the
Konkani people
The Konkani people are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Konkan region of the Indian subcontinent. They speak various dialects of the Konkani language. Following the Konkani language agitation, Konkani becam ...
. He was born in
Karwar, Karnataka. With a few like-minded companions he travelled in all the Konkani-speaking areas, seeking to unite the fragmented Konkani community under the banner of 'one language, one script, one literature'. He succeeded in organizing the first
Adhiveshan of
All India Konkani Parishad in Karwar in 1939.
Legacy
In 2007,
Goa Konkani Akademi instituted Madhav Manjunath Shanbhag Konkani Bhasha Seva Puraskar, an award including a cash prize of Rs. 25,000. It is a lifetime achievement award for those over 50 years of age who have worked as an activist, leader, or organiser for the Konkani language. In 2009,
J. B. Moraes won the award.
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20th-century Indian lawyers
People from Karwar