Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar

Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar (12 December 1916 – 5 September 2000) was an Indian campaigner, author and the first speaker of the Goa, Daman and Diu 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 Bombay.

Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar
Speaker of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly
In office 1964–1967
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Gopal Kamat
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office 1964–1967
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Punaji Achrekar
Constituency	Siolim
Personal details
Born	(1916-12-12)12 December 1916 Goa, Portuguese India
Died	5 September 2000(2000-09-05) (aged 83)
Political party	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Children	Prakashchandra 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.

See also

• Goa Legislative Assembly