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Dayanand Bandodkar
Also known as Bhausaheb Bandodkar
Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar (12 March 1911-12 August 1973) was the first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu after Portuguese departure in 1961, and the founder of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. From a Goud Saraswat Brahmin family of Goa, he led the three successive Goan state governments from 1963 until his death, and defeated the 1967 Opinion Poll proposal to merge Goa with Maharashtra by a 54 per cent to 43 per cent vote — the only state referendum in Indian history to date, which fixed Goa's separate statehood.
- Date
- 1911–1973
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Patron dynasty
- Government of Goa
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Connections (1)
- Life routeFontainhas, Panaji
Dayanand Bandodkar was Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu from 1963 until his death in 1973, governing from the state secretariat at Panaji — the historic Latin Quarter capital where he led the campaign that fixed Goa's separate statehood against the 1967 Opinion Poll merger with Maharashtra.
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