Gopal Kamat

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Gopal Kamat
Gopal Kamat.jpg
Official portrait in 1967
Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
13 April 1967 23 March 1972
SpouseGulab Mulgaonkar
Education
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Gopal Apa Kamat (22 July 1917 – 2 May 1990) [1] was an Indian politician, freedom fighter, journalist and lawyer. He was a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Sattari Assembly constituency from 1967 to 1972. He was also a former speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly in the same term. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Mulgaonkar, Jayant P. (18 September 2011). "Kamat and Mulgaonkar -- close friends, colleagues and brothers-in-law". www.mail-archive.com. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. "Goa Legislative Assembly". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. Malhotra, G. C. (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures. Lok Sabha Secretariat. ISBN   978-81-200-0400-9.