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Purushottam Kakodkar was born on 18 May, 1913 in Curchorem, Goa, Portuguese India, is a Politician and social worker (1913–1998). Discover Purushottam Kakodkar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?
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84 years old |
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Taurus |
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18 May, 1913 |
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18 May |
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Curchorem, Goa, Portuguese India |
| Date of death |
2 May, 1998 |
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Delhi, India |
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India
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Purushottam Kakodkar Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Anil Kakodkar |
Purushottam Kakodkar Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Purushottam Kakodkar worth at the age of 84 years old? Purushottam Kakodkar’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. He is from India. We have estimated Purushottam Kakodkar's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Purushottam Kesava Kakodkar (18 May 1913 Curchorem – 2 May 1998, Delhi) was a prominent politician and social worker from Goa.
He served as a Member of Parliament in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
He took part in the Quit India Movement and was imprisoned for it.
He also took part in the Goa Liberation Movement and the Civil Disobedience Movement launched by Ram Manohar Lohia in Goa in 1946.
The Portuguese colonial administration deported him and kept him in detention.
After being released from detention in Portugal in 1956, Kakodkar came back to India.
After spending some time with his family in Mumbai, he came to Goa and set up an ashram in Margao.
The ashram was used to disguise the freedom movement and many freedom fighters took refuge in the ashram.
The police soon discovered the true purpose of the ashram and closed it.
He was among the vocal critics of the Salazar administration in Goa.
In 1961, he pursued autonomy for Portuguese India but without success.
After Goa's liberation Kakodkar was the head of the Goa unit of the Congress, which was set up in Panjim from the residence of his close confidant and advisor Advocate Rui Gomes Pereira.
Gomes Pereira was considered to be Goa's foremost legal counsel and an astute politician.
(Information By N.Pattihal)
When the issue of Goa's merger with Maharashtra came up, Kakodkar was the chairperson of the Goa Pradesh Congress committee.
He used his personal equations with the Nehru family to lobby hard for a referendum with the central leadership.
According to one source, he reportedly "almost lost his sanity" trying to do so against the mighty Maharastra.
He served as Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (lower house), representing Panaji constituency in the former union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu from 1971 to 1977.
Kakodkar was the president of the Goa Konkani Akademi from 1984-1996.
He was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from 1985 to 1991.
During this term he was also a member of Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha during 1986-87.
In his book Panthast, Goan writer Ravindra Kelekar blamed the failure of the non-violent Goa Freedom Movement, spearheaded by Lohia on the squabbles and ego-clashes between Kakodkar and Ram Hegde.
Kelekar also stated that Kakodkar was once responsible for Mahatma Gandhi having to apologise to the Portuguese.
While he was logged in Aguada jail, Kakodkar had begun a fast against the harassment meted out by the Portuguese authority to the freedom fighters.
Gandhiji had made a note of this in his paper Harijan.
The Portuguese replied that Kakodkar was not fasting.
Gandhiji is supposed to have sent a man, who was a relative of Kakodkar, to verify this.
His relative verified that although Kakodkar was not taking any food from the jail, he was getting food from outside.
A shocked Gandhi tendered an apology to the Portuguese through the Harijan.
Purushottam Kakodkar died on 2 May 1998 in Delhi at the age of 85.
His son Anil Kakodkar is former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India.
