Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1961. In the first elections held after India took over the former Portuguese colony, it ascended to power in December 1963 and stayed on, till being ousted from power by defections in early 1979.
Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar was an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 until his death. Previously, he was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2019. He also served as the Minister of Defence from October 2014 to March 2017. In January 2020, he was posthumously awarded Padma Bhushan.
Shripad Yesso Naik is an Indian politician serving as the current Minister of State for Tourism and Ports, Shipping and Waterways of India in office 7 July 2021. He was the former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. He is the Member of Parliament from North Goa constituency, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Morjim is a Census Town in Pernem, Goa, India; it is situated on the northern bank of the Chapora River estuary. It is home to a variety of birds and is a nesting site for Olive ridley sea turtles. The village has become known as "Little Russia" because of the concentration of Russian immigrants living there.
The Government of Goa is the state government created by Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of state of Goa. It is located in Panaji, Goa.
The Sanatan Sanstha is an extremist group seeking Hindu nationalism in India. It is a non-government charitable trust founded in 1999 by hypnotherapist Dr Jayant Balaji Athavale. It is headquartered in Ramathi, Goa.
Pervis Milroy Goes, known better as Milroy Goes is an Indian film director from India's coastal state of Goa. His film Welcome M1LL10NS was eligible for the 91st Academy Awards in Best Picture Academy Award but was not nominated in any categories.
Francisco Casimiro Jerónimo Agnelo Pinto de Souza or Francis Dsouza was an Indian Politician from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the Deputy Chief Minister of the Indian State of Goa. He contested from Mapusa as an independent unsuccessfully in 1989.
Laxmikant Yashwant Parsekar is an Indian politician who held the office of the Chief Minister of Goa, a state in India from 2014 to 2017. He was the member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Mandrem constituency, and he belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently an Independent politician.
Vishnu Surya Naik Wagh was a poet, writer, dramatist, journalist, politician and management consultant/ trainer, hailing from the coastal state of Goa, India. He had been a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Goa from 2012 to 2017 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Owing to his fragile health, he had been on a break from his active career since 2016, until his death in 2019. His book, Sudhir Sukta, was a topic of much debate in 2017—2018 for its offensive language and content.
Vice Admiral Surinder Pal Singh Cheema PVSM, AVSM, NM is a former Flag Officer in the Indian Navy. He last served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western and Southern Naval Commands. He also served as the Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Forces Command and the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. He retired from the service on 31 January 2016, after four decades of service.
Mahadev Naik is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He was a MLA from the Shiroda, Goa, constituency.
Dilip Parulekar is an Indian Politician from the state of Goa.He is a two term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Saligao constituency. Parulekar was a Minister in the Laxmikant Parsekar led government in Goa. and his portfolios included Women & Child Development, Tourism, Ports and Protocol.
Milind Naik is an Indian Politician from the state of Goa. He is a Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Mormugao constituency.
The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 2017. VVPAT-fitted EVMs was used in entire Goa state in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that an entire state in India saw the implementation of VVPAT.
Marcaim Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Marcaim is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Deepak Madhav Dhavalikar, also known as Deepak 'Pandurang' Dhavalikar, is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He is a two-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Priol constituency. He is president of MGP and has played key role in keeping the party alive in Goan politics. He was Minister in Goa Government for the period 2012–2016.
Kamat cabinet was the Council of Ministers in Goa Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat.
This is a list of minister from Manohar Parrikar cabinets starting from 9 March 2012 to 8 November 2014. Manohar Parrikar is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Goa in 9 March 2012.
Joshua Peter De Souza is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Mapusa, Goa in the by-election in 2019 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
