Dr Jack de sequeira - Goan superhero
Just imagine staying in panjim and being called a Maharashtran or Marathi , what if you and me had no liberty to be known as GOANS ,What if my n yours identity and the identity of our beautiful state GOA and it's uniqueness would be merged with our neighbouring state. All these thoughts may scare u but all this was a certain possibility back in 1967
When Maharashtrawadi Gomantak party won 1963 elections and Dayanand became first chief minister of Goa daman and diu and Dr. Jack de sequeira became leader of opposition party
Soon after this Bandodkar wanted a merger with Maharashtra, and on January 22, 1965, the MGP stated this resolve in the Assembly. On March 10, the Maharashtra Assembly passed a resolution in favour of a merger..
On 17 April, United Goans party along with their leader jack de sequeira held a strong protest in margao opposing to the decision of merger with Maharashtra . After which Dr Jack de sequeira went to meet then prime minister pandit Jawaharlal Nehru . PM promised that Goa will make its own decision.
Protest at margao
In December 1966, Parliament passed the Goa, Daman and Diu (Opinion Poll Act), 1966, “to provide for the taking of an opinion poll to ascertain the wishes of the electors of Goa, Daman and Diu
Finally on 16 January, 1967 elections were conducted and Goa remained a Union territory as a result of opinion poll
It was because of Dr Jack de sequeira that we have our own different state. Indeed he was a superhero with responsibilities of goan dignity
When Maharashtrawadi Gomantak party won 1963 elections and Dayanand became first chief minister of Goa daman and diu and Dr. Jack de sequeira became leader of opposition party
Soon after this Bandodkar wanted a merger with Maharashtra, and on January 22, 1965, the MGP stated this resolve in the Assembly. On March 10, the Maharashtra Assembly passed a resolution in favour of a merger..
On 17 April, United Goans party along with their leader jack de sequeira held a strong protest in margao opposing to the decision of merger with Maharashtra . After which Dr Jack de sequeira went to meet then prime minister pandit Jawaharlal Nehru . PM promised that Goa will make its own decision.
Protest at margao
In December 1966, Parliament passed the Goa, Daman and Diu (Opinion Poll Act), 1966, “to provide for the taking of an opinion poll to ascertain the wishes of the electors of Goa, Daman and Diu
Finally on 16 January, 1967 elections were conducted and Goa remained a Union territory as a result of opinion poll
It was because of Dr Jack de sequeira that we have our own different state. Indeed he was a superhero with responsibilities of goan dignity
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