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Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar (12 March 1911 – 12 August 1973) was the first Chief Minister of Goa after the territory was returned to India by Portugal. A wealthy mine owner, he sought to merge the territory with the state of Maharashtra. He swept the polls in 1963, 1967 and in 1972 and remained in power until his death in 1973.
His proposal however to merge with Maharashtra was met by stiff opposition by the local population. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India then offered him two options:
The move was ratified in both houses of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha (on 1 December 1966), and the Rajya Sabha (on 7 December 1966). It was signed into effect by the President of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on 16 December 1966. An opinion poll was subsequently held on 16 January 1967 to decide the fate of the union territory which voted to retain its status as a union territory by 34,021 votes.
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【K】India Travel-Goa[인도 여행-고아]인도 속 포르투갈, ‘고아’/Portugal/Panjim/Mandovi River/Dayanand Bandodkar